Japan’s China row could be the GDP killer that sinks...
TOKYO — By taking a hard line on China, Japan’s Sanae Takaichi thinks she’s establishing her right-wing bona fides. In reality, she may be ensuring her premiership will be a...
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Irrational exuberance: What to watch for when the AI bubble...
The global investment frenzy around AI has seen companies valued at trillions of dollars and eye-watering projections of how it will boost economic productivity. But in recent weeks, the mood...
Ukraine is entering the danger zone: Will NATO, the US...
Ukraine is now entering the danger zone. Its army is running out of men and material, and worse than that, important parts of the army are trapped by Russian forces....
What the east-up view means for Indo-Pacific regional stability
General Xavier T. Brunson’s recent article, “The East-Up Map: Revealing Hidden Strategic Advantages in the Indo-Pacific” has quickly become a major point of discussion in South Korea. In the article,...
China’s people are on a grueling treadmill
“And the man in the suit has just bought a new car/ From the profit he’s made on your dreams” — Traffic Leftist online personality Hasan Piker recently took a...
Japan’s railgun locked and loaded to kill China’s hypersonics
By punching real holes in a target ship with a weapon the US shelved, Japan’s prototype railgun is turning hypersonic gunfire into a cheap, hard-to-stop answer to China’s missile and...
Climate sham: China has to get real, quit coal and...
When Brazil launched its Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF), hopes were high that China, the world’s second-largest economy, would step up as a key backer. Instead, Beijing declined to contribute,...
Indonesia drains Danantara to keep a flagging Garuda flying
State fund Danantara’s decision to inject more than 23 trillion rupiah (US$1.37 billion) into Garuda Indonesia has been framed in official statements as a forward-looking intervention meant to stabilize a...
The many follies of Trump’s Golden Dome
Star Wars is back in vogue with President Donald Trump’s executive order to establish the “Golden Dome” missile defense system, a shield that will feature an ambitious space-based boost-phase interceptor...
The deadly fungus Chinese scientists smuggled into the US
A Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan who drew national attention in June 2025 when she was arrested and accused along with another Chinese scientist of smuggling a...
