As Iran’s role in Afghanistan’s future appears uncertain, it is up to diplomacy and para-diplomacy to address this handicap—but without Qatar on its side, Tehran’s efforts to gain a foothold in Afghanistan could be shunned by regional and international actors, writes Banafsheh Keynoush.

The White House on March 30 addressed a series of actions in response to attacks and harassment Asian American and Pacific Islander communities have increasingly confronted over the past year, writes Christine Kim.

We may never know how many people have died in the decade-long conflict that became a proxy war of foreign nations, writes Sofía Brinck.

The massacre of women of Asian heritage during the pandemic can be linked to our current “xenodemic,” writes Ibrahim Al-Marashi.

Policy experts in Iran are calling for proactive water diplomacy that goes hand in hand with Iran’s goal of building regional security with the 12 neighboring countries with which it shares river flows, writes Banafsheh Keynoush.

There is now an opportunity to renew America’s faith in the non-partisan nature of the military and its undying allegiance to the Constitution, not political party, platform, or presidential personality, writes Todd Schmidt.

Scholars across the globe call for the international community to address human rights violations in Cameroon, writes Alexis Timko.

As U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad reviews the peace process, is it reasonable for Biden to rein in the War on Terror or “forever wars” and rely on diplomacy instead? write Branka Andjelkovic and Humayoon Babur.

Pacific Council member Jongsoo Lee interviews Le Hong Hiep, fellow in the Vietnam Studies Program and the Regional Strategic and Political Studies Program at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.

The coronavirus didn’t stop at international boundaries—and neither should the vaccine, writes Michael Camuñez.