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US President Donald Trump’s Eurasian grand strategy aimed to preemptively avert Russia’s potentially disproportionate dependence on China to prevent having its natural resources turbocharge the trajectory of Washington’s only true systemic rival. To that end, the US envisaged entering into a resource-centric strategic partnership with Russia following the end of theUkrainian conflict, expecting that this […] The post...
Published on: September 07, 2025 | Source:US immigration officials detained 475 workers on Thursday - most of them South Korean nationals - saying they were working illegally.
Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source:Noahpinion began as a macroeconomics blog. So every once in a while I feel like I ought to report on the macroeconomic situation. Fortunately, the header image at the top of this post is not a picture of where the US economy stands today; it’s not yet a sinking ship. But with the real economy […] The post Americans are getting the economy they voted for appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source:Thailand has a new prime minister, and with him, another chapter in the country’s endlessly looping political drama. On September 5,Anutin Charnvirakultook the oath of office, ending weeks of crisis that saw the collapse ofPaetongtarn Shinawatra’s government. His rise was not the product of a sweeping electoral mandate or a decisive reform agenda. It was, […] The post Anutin’s rise shows power of pragmatism in Thailand...
Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source:Peter Thiel has always thrived on contradiction. The billionaire who built the tools of the modern surveillance state now wants to deliver a series of lectures on the Antichrist. Four private sessions, sold out in San Francisco, devoted to a figure long associated with deception and domination. The irony is only possible to miss if […] The post Peter Thiel’s gospel of fear is control sold as salvation appeared first on...
Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source:On September 3, in a historic military parade in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping displayed a defense system capable of countering the United States. It showed that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is no longer an American junior partner, as some Americans have believed for the past 50 years, but a global power ready […] The post Parades and charades at Tiananmen appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source:It has shaken consumer trust and raised questions about global sunscreen regulation.
Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source:Ukraine’s proposed drone pact with the Philippines tests whether Manila can leverage its fledgling drone boat capability and robust boatyards into a real deterrent against China. This month, multiple media sources reported that Ukraine is moving to expand defense ties with the Philippines through a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that could lead to joint […] The post Philippines eyes Ukraine drone boats to...
Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source:BANGKOK – President Donald Trump is miffed that the US is aced-out by China in processing rare earths that are especially prized for making strategic-use magnets. Those magnets are critical to creating high-tech weaponry and equipment used by the military and aerospace industries, including for US warplanes needed to check China. China hopes to strengthen […] The post Trump’s rare earth push hits a Chinese wall in...
Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source:Param Sundari has reignited conversation on how India's most influential film industry represents non-Hindi speaking states.
Published on: September 06, 2025 | Source:It has shaken consumer trust and raised questions about global sunscreen regulation.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:It was a big week for China, hosting an SCO Summit in Tianjin and then a massive military parade in Beijing. The world was watching closely.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Taiwan’s president is caught between domestic expectations and external pressures, with every move risking either political loss at home or strategic vulnerability abroad.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:An agreement on the long-stalled pipeline was the major outcome of the latest China-Mongolia-Russia trilateral summit.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:The dream of reopening Reko Diq meets a harsh reality on the ground: a worsening insurgency and continued political instability.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Beijing has protected homebuyers and stability by stretching out failures. Now it needs a rules-based exit system that finishes homes faster and frees capital for growth.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:While China’s, North Korea’s, and Russia’s motivations differ, their coordination increasingly resembles a bloc structure.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Recent India-Japan bilateral efforts to bolster tech and economic security draw on bilateral synergies and challenges posed by the China-U.S. rivalry.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:A silent, indigenous, drone revolution is underway in India. It will reduce New Delhi’s reliance on foreign companies.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Bilateral relations between India and China have long followed a cyclical pattern: sporadic escalations give way to limited accommodation, only to relapse when structural disputes resurface.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Where China once relied primarily on informal measures, its approach has gradually evolved into a more institutionalized and complex set of tools.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:With the sun setting on the U.S. empire and decline in Indo-U.S. ties, India is leveraging the multipolarity of the international system to diversify its relations, increase trade with Russia and reset relations with China.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Two meetings that didn't happen alongside the recent SCO summit and military parade show Beijing is not planning to confront the West.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:This article, originally published by Pacific Forum, is republished with permission. Tesla CEO Elon Musktoldinvestors in April that the production of its Optimus humanoid robots had been affected by China’s export restrictions of rare earth magnets. That admission marks the clearest signal yet that China’s export controls on heavy rare-earth magnets are hitting high-tech US […] The post Securing neodymium is a...
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Mongolia declined to transition to a new “SCO partner” label. Instead, it’s emphasizing trilateral cooperation with China and Russia.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Mor Singh’s residence now operates as an upper primary school attended by 50-60 students in his village
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Subscribe nowwith a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Russia projects global relevance amid Ukraine deadlockJames Davis reports that the Ukraine peace process remains frozen, with Europe determined to weaken Russia and Trump issuing contradictory threats against both Moscow and Kyiv. Against this backdrop, […] The post Putin finds partners in Asia as West falters...
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:The vote brings to an end a week of political uncertainty, but Thailand's political instability seems set to continue.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Multiple administrations have been deposed by court interventions and military coups in recent years.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:A conversation with barrister Craig Tuck about law and the right to dignity.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:This week’s military procession was a form of “deterrence theater” designed to demonstrate that Beijing has the tools to punish intervention and survive escalation.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:SOUTH CHINA SEA – The Philippines joined Australia and Canada in a joint cooperative sail this week near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea that has been under Chinese control for over a decade. The drills marked a show of force by rising middle-power countries, which are increasingly willing to challenge Chinese power […] The post Philippines flexes middle power clout in China sea dispute appeared first on Asia...
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Evercomm begins where climate targets meet industrial reality, translating site-level opportunities into bankable projects.
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:The evolving dynamics between India and the United States under the Trump administration have created ripple effects across South Asian and Middle Eastern geopolitics. As bilateral tensions escalate over trade disputes, energy policy and strategic alignment, these strains are having nuanced but significant impacts on India’s relationship with Israel. The India-US relationship, once heralded as […] The post...
Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source:Social media users also struggle to grab the game on the Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox game stores.
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