Submissiveness as the Key to Womanhood: Traditional Gender Roles in Kazakhstan The political elite in Kazakhstan remains stuck in a mindset that belittles women and confines them to submissive roles.
https://thediplomat.com/2025/1....0/submissiveness-as-

Glimpses of a Power Struggle Within the Chinese Military High Command The string of purges in the PLA suggests an existential struggle between the old and new guard. And now there’s a clear winner.
https://thediplomat.com/2025/1....0/glimpses-of-a-powe

Will There Be Brakes on Japan’s National Security Policy Under Takaichi? Komeito had long restrained the LDP’s more hawkish tendencies, especially on China policy. What will happen now that it’s no longer in the coalition?
https://thediplomat.com/2025/1....0/will-there-be-brak

France’s Political Dramas Threaten More Instability in Violence-Wracked New Caledonia Political turmoil in Paris has hindered implementation of the Bougival Accord. In New Caledonia, the accord is also looking shaky.
https://thediplomat.com/2025/1....0/frances-political-

UN Calls for Democratization of Fresh Water As reported by Circle of Blue, in a report presented last week to the United Nations, Pedro Arrojo Agudo, the special rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, called for the democratization of fresh water and urged governments around the world to abandon the resource’s commodification and privatization. “We are not […]
https://waterpolitics.com/un-c....alls-for-democratiza