Amid a challenging economic environment, South Korea’s new president has pivoted his party’s historical approach to Japan from adversarial to cooperative.

Drones could easily be used for a major terror attack. We can’t afford to wait for one to happen before preparing for it, @RikeFranke writes.

Amid a mounting debt crisis, Laos’ grand plan to become “the battery of Southeast Asia” is at a critical juncture, Michael Hart writes.

The rapprochement between China and India makes sense. For this friendship to be sustained, though, China will have to embrace the global leadership role it aspires to by aiding India in its own development, Mary Gallagher writes.

South Korea’s Democratic Party has traditionally adopted an antagonistic stance toward Japan. Now, though, Lee is signaling that stronger ties with Tokyo are indispensable.

Drones could easily be used for terrorism. More can and should be done to decrease the likelihood of such attacks, @RikeFranke writes.

At the SCO summit, Xi Jinping signaled China’s ambitions to lead an alternative, more welcoming international order. Read more in the latest Daily Review:.

RT @_MichaelHart: In @WPReview, I write that for the LPRP, securing future income from hydropower is tied not only to the state’s economic….

It is completely predictable that India would worry about excessive dependence on China for its own development. What’s more surprising is Beijing’s fears that its own global leadership will be weaponized against it.

The U.S. should not dismiss Beijing’s ability to compete for global leadership at the head of a troika of powers that includes Russia and India, Mary Gallagher (@MaryGao) writes.

RT @ProfPaulPoast: The idea that Great Powers (or aspiring great powers) can be pushed or pulled is a delusion. "Reverse Kissinger" to idea….

Nobody, whether a Trump or a Kissinger, can compel or constrain a great power from aligning with another, columnist @ProfPaulPoast writes.

“Great powers will not and cannot be pulled or prodded, for the point of being a great power—the very reason, in fact, that states seek to acquire such a status—is that they are free to pursue their own interests.” . Read @ProfPaulPoast’s latest here:.

According to some estimates, women constituted up to 30 percent of the Tigray Defense Forces. For all the ways that these women suffered and sacrificed during the war, however, they are now at risk of being left behind in Tigray’s postwar transition.

Last week, Xi Jinping made a surprise trip to Tibet, delivering a thinly veiled warning to the region following months of growing tensions between Beijing and the Tibetan people.

The idea that Trump is swaying Russia’s and India’s foreign policies misses a key point about great power politics, @ProfPaulPoast writes.

Tens of thousands of women took up arms for the Tigray Defense Forces during its war with the Ethiopian government. Now, they are at risk of being left behind in Tigray’s postwar transition, Mehret Berhe and @HilaryMatfess write.

Last week, Xi Jinping made a surprise trip to Tibet, delivering a thinly veiled warning to the region’s people ahead of an impending crisis surrounding the Dalai Lama’s succession, @FridaGhitis writes.

Despite being Ukraine’s closest neighbors, leaders from Central and Eastern Europe were notably absent from a recent summit in Washington on the war. As @amandamcoakley writes, any peace imposed above their heads would be shallow and short-lived.

The women and girls who took up arms for Tigray are now at risk of being left behind in Ethiopia’s postwar transition, Mehret Berhe and @HilaryMatfess write.