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## Japan Imperial Household law to permit adoption from cadet branch## Prepare for wild and dangerous scenarios on the Korean Peninsula## South Korean strategy responds deftly to Trump’s unpredictability### The savvy logic behind Indonesia’s nickel squeeze## Upstream nuclear, downstream rice: ecological MAD on the Mekong## Bank Indonesia drama shows why rupiah is plunging## Vietnam’s smart-port push opens another door to Washington## Bank Indonesia chief’s resignation signals a deep, hidden crisis### After Pakistan judge killing, a fight over who claims it## Hasina’s return from India would imperil Bangladesh’s sovereignty## Child sex case a diplomatic reckoning for UK-Pakistan ties## Bangladesh shelves India reset as tensions trump trust## Taliban’s ethnic chauvinism an increasingly dangerous divide### North Korea’s missile pipeline to Russia paying strategic dividends## New surveillance commons means the end of military concealment## US Navy’s Zumwalt destroyer falling behind the hypersonic times## South Korea military buildup is for the alliance – and for itself## China’s mega-oiler could break America’s Pacific base edge### Al-Qaida and Islamic State adopting AI – but not the same way## The Middle East after the American imperium## Pakistan’s only choice is active neutrality in US-Iran war## Iran-Iraq-Pakistan ‘axis of sympathy’ signals a reshaping Southwest Asia## Iraq emerging as an accidental Iran war winner### A brief history of how countries sleepwalk into war## The real reasons behind Zelensky’s unpopular military purge## US firm Holtec bets big on small modular nuclear reactors in IPO## Can Ukraine’s worst week in years become the best?## End-times prophecy jumps from lunatic fringe to US elite belief### Trump’s new tariffs to cost Americans $100 billion per year## Biillions in Trump tariff refunds won’t unwind the damage done