China’s Politburo pledges action to account for trade ‘struggles’ in 2026
The decision-making body’s phrasing on the international trade environment suggests a cautious stance next year despite US truce. Read More Here
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India’s warm welcome for Putin sends a cold message to Washington
Putin’s visit challenges Washington’s assumptions about Delhi’s reliability, forcing the US to consider alternative partnerships across South Asia. Read More Here
How Trump’s Gaza Plan may Collapse
The Trump agreement includes dozens of steps, but faces major obstacles. Read More Here
Do or Die for the United Nations
With US President Donald Trump blithely brushing aside the United Nations’ many achievements, it is worth revisiting the organization’s successes and failures over the years. Read More Here
What is China’s 5-year plan, and why is it so important?
The Communist Party’s Central Committee will discuss the next five-year plan – the country’s 15th – at a meeting next month. Read More Here
After Indonesia, Nepal — is the Philippines next to erupt?
Mass protest planned for Manila and nationwide has same incendiary mix of ingredients that just set Indonesia and Nepal aflame. Read More Here
China and India: love in the time of cholera
A ‘dragon-elephant tango’ may help lift the gloom of Trump’s tariffs, but will it cure the malady of Sino-Indian relations? Read More Here
Humiliation, vindication—and a giant test for India
Trump has triggered a trade and defence crisis: how should Modi respond? Read More Here
To Lam consolidating hard, fast and forceful rule in Vietnam
Vietnamese leader is making moves and appointments that some fear is already concentrating too much power in his hands. Read More Here
Kim Keon-hee’s arrest: how a lie about a diamond pendant put her behind bars
The downfall of South Korea’s former first lady hinged on a complex cover-up over a diamond-studded necklace worn to a Nato summit in 2022. Read More Here
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