Across
1. Only landlocked state in Southeast Asia
5. Making something more Chinese
12. India’s surface-to-air missile system
14. UN urban framework adopted in 2016
15. Himalayan flashpoint near Sikkim
17. Rapid battlefield repair protocol (abbr.)
19. Scottish coastal town
20. Southern African state bordering Angola
22. Manila-based multilateral lender
24. South Korea’s aerospace manufacturer (abbr.)
25. Post-Soviet parliamentary chamber
26. Supply chain hub of the world
28. Cross-border lingua franca project (abbr.)
29. 1949 battle that blocked a PLA takeover of Taiwan
34. Theory explaining multinational expansion (abbr.)
35. UN climate empowerment framework (abbr.)
36. Of fission-based weaponry
37. Part of a UNESCO-listed festival
38. India–Pakistan estuary dispute
39. All-member UN forum (abbr.)
40. Technology threatening classical encryption
44. Measure to restore fiscal balance
45. Strategic rare earth compounds
47. UNESCO-listed Chinese peak
48. Trade surplus/deficit measure (abbr.)
49. Targeted military attack
50. Data center efficiency metric (abbr.)
53. State central to Middle East rivalries
55. Trusted trader customs status (abbr.)
56. Medium carrying cross-border data
59. Roads, ports, and power grids collectively
Down
1. High-altitude frontier with Aksai Chin
2. Luxury pearl from East Asia
3. Secret WWII atomic city
4. AI training method without labels
6. UN country code for India
7. Ancient region along the Nile
8. OAS-linked military advisory body (abbr.)
9. Maritime forum including India and Australia
10. Armed entry into another state
11. Process linking markets and states
13. Dynasty that gave China its ethnic majority name
16. India’s key Indian Ocean partner from Africa
18. Bilateral support to developing states
21. PLA reform focus (abbr.)
23. Diplomatic engagement between states
27. Single market organisation (abbr.)
30. Rule guiding state conduct
31. American manufacturer hit by China tariffs
32. International road transport system (abbr.)
33. Indo-Pacific subregion
35. Global terror network founded in 1988
41. U.S. product safety certifier (abbr.)
42. Ancient name for Great Britain
43. Formal diplomatic communication
44. Conflict de-escalation strategy (abbr.)
46. Cold War arms control agreement
47. Critical military intelligence needs (abbr.)
51. Power grid and pipeline assets (abbr.)
52. Agency behind covert operations abroad
54. Chicago Convention domain
56. Paris’s country code
57. Turkey–Ukraine water body (abbr.)
58. Crisis reaction mechanism (abbr.)
