Forget geopolitics and military muscle flexing. Reality TV is where Beijing and Taipei can put aside their differences.

Not explicitly focussing on a grouping of democracies is smart and includes more countries engaged in pushback on China.

Russia’s leadership is alert to the changed military circumstances even while it clings to historic ambitions.

For a sporting nation, why doesn’t competition with the region hold more appeal?

A glacial move towards digitalisation has left much of the country’s workforce and public servces in the last century.

As Indonesia takes the G20 presidency solving the country’s food security crisis should be top of the agenda.

Seoul confronts a panoply of regional challenges – not least that from the other big trading partner in Asia.

The ruling to deport the tennis ace could hamper his career but transform him into a different type of star.

From missile guidance systems to electric car batteries, China’s domination of rare earths has global implications.

Adding counter-terrorism tasks to UN peacekeeping mandates will likely make an already difficult job much harder.

Optimists always get more airplay than spoilsports predicting an end to the good times. But hindsight tells all.

A new defence pact marks a stronger partnership for countries driven together by shared values and regional dynamics.

One of Asia’s tiny communist nations is looking at blockchain to fuel an economic boom.

India is in the driver’s seat to build new security structures in the region, but it can’t do it alone.

A coup in February sparked countrywide protests and challenged the region to respond.

Beijing sought to make Australia pay as a diplomatic freeze deepened. But the sanction didn’t entirely go to plan.

As vaccines rolled out, hope that pandemic lockdowns would end proved short-lived as variants took hold.

Covid, coups, LBGT rights in Asia, and Afghanistan’s collapse: articles that drew the most eyeballs this past year.

A major shipping route, yes, but vital? False claims about the value of these waters only make diplomacy harder.

Something about the new Australia, UK and US deal suggests it could detract from the value and usefulness of the Quad.

A lack of strategic diplomacy and targeted foreign policy are selling the country’s immense potential short.

Podcasts-a-plenty for the end of year break, a new beat for world politics.

Why is Moscow making proposals it must know are unacceptable?

The strongman has anointed his son as successor – after an election, of course.