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Asia-Pacific Overview: May 2026
A decline in TTP attacks may drive Pakistan to continue cross-border military operations, and Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing signaled likely escalation.
In Jammu and Kashmir, new risks for security forces and civilians threaten regional peace
How a shifting conflict landscape could fuel renewed confrontations between India and Pakistan.
Asia-Pacific: Local officials increasingly become the target of rioters’ grievances
In 2025, Asia Pacific was once again the leading region of violence targeting local officials owing to attacks by rioters and non-state armed groups.
Asia-Pacific Overview: February 2026
Balochistan Liberation Army launched deadly suicide bombings, security forces clashed with Naxal-Maoist rebels in India, and an operation to confiscate guns in Papua New Guinea turned deadly.
Asia-Pacific Overview: January 2026
Sharif Osman Hadi’s assassination triggered nationwide unrest in Bangladesh, a large-scale border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia ended in a fragile ceasefire, and tensions flared in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea.
Asia-Pacific Overview: December 2025
Continuing militancy threatened the ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea saw election-related violence, and anti-corruption protests in the Philippines were widespread, but divided.
Asia-Pacific Overview: September 2025
In August, the Myanmar navy increasingly relied on air support to fight resistance forces, and Indonesia’s anti-government demonstrations turned deadly.
Q&A: What does India’s Naxal-Maoist insurgency look like in 2025?
In this Q&A, ACLED South Asia Research Manager Pearl Pandya discusses the Indian state’s recent successes and what they mean for the Naxal-Maoist insurgency, one of the longest-running insurgencies in the world.
India 2024: Special Election Series
Monitoring election violence in India.
Political violence in India’s Manipur state: 2023 - 2025
An infographic detailing trends of political violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities since an uneasy truce in May 2023.