The episode with South Africa marks the first time that Taiwan has actively and unilaterally utilized its position in the chip supply chain to engage in economic coercion.

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07.10.2025

Southeast Asia’s Fraud Networks and the Countries Paying the Price – The Diplomat

Together, Australia and the United States account for a staggering share of total scam losses globally. What can be done?

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07.10.2025

How China is Shaping Cambodia’s Economic Future Through Infrastructure Development – The Diplomat

Beijing’s emphasis on tangible results, and the lack of political “strings,” have been particularly attractive to the Cambodian government.

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07.10.2025

Power of Siberia 2: Russia’s Political Bet, China’s Diplomatic Win – The Diplomat

Once again, geopolitical rationales influenced energy decisions as much as purely economic ones

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04.10.2025

Amid Trump Tariffs, Chinese Enterprises Reposition in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

The era of transshipments via ASEAN is coming to an end, forcing Chinese enterprises to adjust their strategies toward the Southeast Asian market.

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03.10.2025

Thailand’s 2026 Budget, Explained – The Diplomat

Deficits seem set to remain a key feature of Thailand’s fiscal reality for a significant time to come.

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02.10.2025

Indian Railways Achieve Milestone by Connecting Remote Northeastern State – The Diplomat

More than 172 years after the railways were introduced to India by the British colonial rulers, Mizoram is on India’s railway connectivity grid.

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01.10.2025

Unlike Japan’s ‘Lost Decade,’ China’s Deflation Risk Is Going Global – The Diplomat

China’s outward industrial surge will squeeze Indo-Pacific industries unless governments meet prices with policy.

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01.10.2025

Indonesia’s Economic Package: Relief Today, Risks Tomorrow – The Diplomat

Will the administration’s efforts to create jobs and alleviate cost of living pressures address the economy’s most pressing challenges?

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01.10.2025

Asian Aviation: A Conversation With Matt Driskill – The Diplomat

Where are travelers heading amid the post-pandemic shake-up of aviation trends?

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01.10.2025

From Vision to Capacity: Kazakhstan’s Push to Become a Eurasian Transit Hub – The Diplomat

Kazakhstan has made 2025 a year of tangible achievements in its quest to become a Eurasian transit hub.

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30.09.2025

World Bank Recommends Bold Reforms to Restart Pakistan’s Poverty Reduction Efforts – The Diplomat

Feeble economic reforms have left 42 percent of Pakistan’s aspiring middle class struggling to stay afloat.

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27.09.2025

Every Government Needs Several Rival Tax Departments – The Diplomat

In Southeast Asia, there is now a growing realization that governments don’t have nearly enough foreign aid or investment to fund key social programs.

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27.09.2025

India’s Bid for Global Quantum Leadership – The Diplomat

New Delhi can realize its quantum ambitions by concentrating on applications that intersect with its strengths and long term priorities.

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26.09.2025

Rights on Demand: Asia’s Gig Economy Gets a Legal Upgrade – The Diplomat

The initiatives in Singapore and Malaysia to protect gig workers could act as a model for emerging economies to regulate platform labor.

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26.09.2025

Striking While the Iron is Hot: The Global South’s Rare Earth Moment – The Diplomat

China built its rare earths dominance from the ground up. What’s stopping the rest of the Global South from following a similar path?

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26.09.2025

South Korea-US Relations Suffer the Aftermath of ICE’s Georgia Raid – The Diplomat

Damage control is in full gear, but the tenor of South Korean investment will change.

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25.09.2025

How Geoeconomics Is Shaping Policy in the US, EU, China, and India – The Diplomat

Insights from Marcin Dadura.

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24.09.2025

The Economic Philosophy of Sumitro Djojohadikusumo – The Diplomat

The economist articulated a series of statist economic principles that continue to guide decision-making in Indonesia to the present day.

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24.09.2025

RCEP Summit to Discuss Deeper Trade Alignment, Possible New Members, Malaysia Says – The Diplomat

The bloc, which includes around a third of global GDP, has assumed greater significance following Washington’s sharp protectionist turn.

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20.09.2025

CPEC: Debt Trap Diplomacy or a Mismanaged Opportunity? – The Diplomat

It is no secret that CPEC has failed to achieve its set goals on time. But is China to blame – or Pakistan itself?

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20.09.2025

The Whoosh Debt Dilemma: Should Public Transportation Be Profitable? – The Diplomat

That Indonesia’s costly high-speed rail is operating at a loss right out of the gate has raised some eyebrows.

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20.09.2025

Inside China’s Surveillance and Propaganda Industries: Where Profit Meets Party – The Diplomat

Leaked documents from Geedge Networks and GoLaxy show how repression in China is both a political imperative and a profitable business.

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20.09.2025

Why Kazakhstan’s Energy Transition Is Stalling Despite Bold Pledges – The Diplomat

An ambitious policy framework has translated into limited change in Kazakhstan. Why?

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19.09.2025

Why Viral Western Takes Still Misunderstand China’s Political Economy – The Diplomat

Both the “engineering state” and the “mayor economy” framings obscure the critical mechanics of China’s growth machine.

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18.09.2025

Trump’s TikTok Deal Is Lose-Lose Diplomacy – The Diplomat

The deal permits American companies to spend billions for an algorithm ultimately controlled by the CCP. How did we get here?

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18.09.2025

China Is Still Struggling to Manage Local Debt Stress – The Diplomat

A reported 1 trillion yuan relief package underscores how far Beijing is from solving the LGFV problem.

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17.09.2025

Sri Lanka’s Development Financing Crossroads: Lessons for a Post-Aid Era – The Diplomat

Sri Lanka faces both the constraints of a post-crisis economy and the opportunities of a shifting global aid architecture.

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17.09.2025

The AI Race: How China Inherited (and the West Lost) the Apollo Blueprint – The Diplomat

China’s strategic ambition is reminiscent of the pioneering spirit of the Apollo missions that won the Space Race for the U.S.

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16.09.2025

Power Shift: India’s Renewable Revolution Rewrites the Energy Script – The Diplomat

From modest beginnings, India has now built one of the world’s largest renewable energy markets, with solar leading the way.

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16.09.2025

Pakistan’s Potential Path to Global Relevance Through Critical Minerals – The Diplomat

With significant lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel, zircon, and beryllium deposits, Pakistan’s untapped mineral wealth is estimated to be worth $6 trillion.

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13.09.2025

From Foundry to Forum: Taiwan’s Repositioning in the New Semiconductor Order – The Diplomat

The lesson of SEMICON 2025 is clear: no single country can control every layer of the semiconductor value chain.

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12.09.2025

Looking Back at a Hot Railroad Summer for Central Asia and Afghanistan – The Diplomat

In July, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan all signed agreements with Afghanistan related to the development of railways.

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11.09.2025

India-US Rift Boosts the Gulf’s Oil Leverage – The Diplomat

The spat over India’s imports of Russian oil will echo in global markets – and Gulf producers are looking to benefit.

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11.09.2025

The Top Priority for Japan’s Next Prime Minister: The Economy – The Diplomat

It will be difficult to truly address Japan’s inflation and debt woes given the fragile political environment.

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11.09.2025

China’s Rare Earth Dominance and Germany’s Defense Industry – The Diplomat

Insights from Jakob Kullik.

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11.09.2025

Brazil and Mexico Chart Different Courses Amid China-US Tensions – The Diplomat

Facing tariff threats from Trump, Brazil’s and Mexico’s responses diverged sharply – a split rooted in their respective relationships with the U.S. and China.

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Chinese Companies Are Changing The Way They Operate in Africa – The Diplomat

China-Russia Asymmetry and the Power of Siberia 2 Agreement – The Diplomat

The Indonesia-EU Free Trade Agreement, Explained – The Diplomat

Taiwan’s Weaponization of Semiconductor Exports – The Diplomat

Southeast Asia’s Fraud Networks and the Countries Paying the Price – The Diplomat

How China is Shaping Cambodia’s Economic Future Through Infrastructure Development – The Diplomat

Power of Siberia 2: Russia’s Political Bet, China’s Diplomatic Win – The Diplomat

Amid Trump Tariffs, Chinese Enterprises Reposition in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

Thailand’s 2026 Budget, Explained – The Diplomat

Indian Railways Achieve Milestone by Connecting Remote Northeastern State – The Diplomat

Unlike Japan’s ‘Lost Decade,’ China’s Deflation Risk Is Going Global – The Diplomat

Indonesia’s Economic Package: Relief Today, Risks Tomorrow – The Diplomat

Asian Aviation: A Conversation With Matt Driskill – The Diplomat

From Vision to Capacity: Kazakhstan’s Push to Become a Eurasian Transit Hub – The Diplomat

World Bank Recommends Bold Reforms to Restart Pakistan’s Poverty Reduction Efforts – The Diplomat

Every Government Needs Several Rival Tax Departments – The Diplomat

India’s Bid for Global Quantum Leadership – The Diplomat

Rights on Demand: Asia’s Gig Economy Gets a Legal Upgrade – The Diplomat

Striking While the Iron is Hot: The Global South’s Rare Earth Moment – The Diplomat

South Korea-US Relations Suffer the Aftermath of ICE’s Georgia Raid – The Diplomat

How Geoeconomics Is Shaping Policy in the US, EU, China, and India – The Diplomat

The Economic Philosophy of Sumitro Djojohadikusumo – The Diplomat

RCEP Summit to Discuss Deeper Trade Alignment, Possible New Members, Malaysia Says – The Diplomat

CPEC: Debt Trap Diplomacy or a Mismanaged Opportunity? – The Diplomat

The Whoosh Debt Dilemma: Should Public Transportation Be Profitable? – The Diplomat

Inside China’s Surveillance and Propaganda Industries: Where Profit Meets Party – The Diplomat

Why Kazakhstan’s Energy Transition Is Stalling Despite Bold Pledges – The Diplomat

Why Viral Western Takes Still Misunderstand China’s Political Economy – The Diplomat

Trump’s TikTok Deal Is Lose-Lose Diplomacy – The Diplomat

China Is Still Struggling to Manage Local Debt Stress – The Diplomat

Sri Lanka’s Development Financing Crossroads: Lessons for a Post-Aid Era – The Diplomat

The AI Race: How China Inherited (and the West Lost) the Apollo Blueprint – The Diplomat

Power Shift: India’s Renewable Revolution Rewrites the Energy Script – The Diplomat

Pakistan’s Potential Path to Global Relevance Through Critical Minerals – The Diplomat

From Foundry to Forum: Taiwan’s Repositioning in the New Semiconductor Order – The Diplomat

Looking Back at a Hot Railroad Summer for Central Asia and Afghanistan – The Diplomat

India-US Rift Boosts the Gulf’s Oil Leverage – The Diplomat

The Top Priority for Japan’s Next Prime Minister: The Economy – The Diplomat

China’s Rare Earth Dominance and Germany’s Defense Industry – The Diplomat

Brazil and Mexico Chart Different Courses Amid China-US Tensions – The Diplomat

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