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How are global powers engaging with the Pacific? And who is most effective? These 5 maps provide a glimpse

In a crowded region, it’s hard to know who is doing what, and where. Effective statecraft, though, is not always measured by quantity over quality.
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard next to a police barricade outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India, in September 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Geopolitical chess game: Why India has no interest in serving as a western pawn

India is far from posing a threat to American power the way China is now. But if the West elevates India at China’s expense, it will eventually have to contend with Indian challenges.
Taliban leaders were invited to a symbolic meeting in Beijing. Here they gather to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the Taliban leader Mohammad Omar. AP/Alamy

Taliban: why China wants them as a friend and not as a foe

Beijing is happy to partner up with religious-led nations if it is in its strategic interests.
People shout slogans during a protest in Jakarta against plans to evict 7,500 residents from Rempang island to make way for a Chinese-owned glass factory as part of an ‘Ecocity’ development. EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM

Victims of the green energy boom? The Indonesians facing eviction over a China-backed plan to turn their island into a solar panel ‘ecocity’

The international quest for green energy is reliant on ‘sacrificial zones’ in developing countries.
A soldier holds Taiwan’s national flag during military drills. AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying

Is Taiwan a country or not?

There are treaties and agreements and organizations, but, ultimately, other countries get to define who else is or isn’t a country.
In China, single women as young as 27 are considered ‘leftover.’ Maciej Toporowicz/Monument via Getty Images

Why are some Chinese women still looking to the West for love?

Their desire to pursue marriage abroad not only reveals their longing for a better life but also reveals the pervasive gender, age and class inequalities that continue to plague modern-day China.

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