Trains and Planes: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Sign $12.2 Billion in Deals With US Companies Kazakhstan has agreed to purchase 300 freight locomotives to the tune of $4.2 billion; Uzbekistan will buy at least 14 Boeing jets, in a deal said to be valued at $8 billion.
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India Has Nothing to Fear From the Bangladesh-US Joint Air Force Exercise A recent defense exercise between Bangladesh and the U.S. sparked some exaggerated responses.
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Are Bangladesh’s Overseas Guardians of Democracy Being Silenced? Red tape could discourage 13 million expats from casting their ballots just when their country needs them most.
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The Arctic and the Future of the South Korea-US Alliance The Arctic could be a testing ground as the alliance expands beyond the Korean Peninsula. 
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Familiar Tensions Emerge at the Pacific Islands Forum  With China-Taiwan rivalry, China-Western competition, and big carbon emitters at odds with the islands on climate policy, there is plenty of tension to go around.
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