I noticed a slight change in focus before leaving the Pentagon last year. When the Obama administration introduced new initiatives as part of its policy of “rebalancing to Asia,” it increasingly ...

The itinerary suggested before the pandemic by Lonely Planet, a publisher of guide books, for travellers wishing to see the “best of South-East Asia” was an eight-week adventure through the region’s ...

Among the map’s key features is the depiction of Zhan-kent, referred to in Arabic sources as Al-Qariya al-Hadisa (New City), ...