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What Did Chinese Analysts Think of the Trump-Xi Summit?

TheDiplomat - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 15:30
To some, Trump's hospitality was “historic.” To others, it was an attempt to “lull China into a false sense of security.”

Don’t Ban Diesel Exports

Foreign Policy - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 15:28
Trump’s proposed solution to rising diesel prices would backfire economically and geopolitically.

Rahul Bajoria, BofA India Chief Economist, on India’s Manufacturing Ambitions

TheDiplomat - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 14:50
Why has India's manufacturing sector has remained stuck at around 15 percent of GDP despite decades of rapid growth?

Why Has the Maldives Inserted Itself Into the Chagos Sovereignty Dispute?

TheDiplomat - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 14:46
Muizzu has promised to submit evidence supporting the Maldives’ claim to Chagos to relevant international bodies.

US Republicans Weren’t Happy With Trump’s Hosting of Xi

TheDiplomat - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 14:30
A spate of Republican senators took umbrage at Trump's reception of “a brutal, unelected, and oppressive dictator.”

Pakistan and Terrorism: When the Tables Turn

TheDiplomat - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 14:12
Islamabad cannot use its own people’s suffering to erase its record of supporting forces that have devastated lives in other countries.

Russia’s Sahel Intervention Is Riskier Than It Looks

Foreign Policy - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 13:00
No one—not least in postcolonial West Africa—loves an army of occupation.

The True Meaning of Russia’s Sham Election

Foreign Policy - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 11:56
Even rigged elections used to be an outlet for discontent. That avenue is now closed.

Turkey Is Turning Its Breadbasket Into an Oil Hub

Foreign Policy - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 11:00
As wars disrupt traditional export routes, Ankara is moving quickly to capitalize—at the expense of the last standing heartland of the Fertile Crescent.

Why Nobody Can End the War in Ukraine

Foreign Policy - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 09:35
It’s in everyone’s interest to stop the fighting. That’s still not enough.

Living Under a Lethal Sky: Myanmar’s Rakhine on Edge as Military Airstrikes on Civilians Grow

TheDiplomat - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 09:02
Airstrikes are no longer intermittent dangers as they were two years ago, but a constant hazard. They are part of the people’s daily lives, woven into their collective consciousness.

South Korean Submarines Could Save Australia From the AUKUS Shambles

TheDiplomat - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 07:19
Could the conventionally-powered KSS-III sub offer a more affordable and timely alternative to the planned nuclear-powered fleet?

Vietnam Confirms Arrest of Viet Tan Activists Reported Missing in Cambodia

TheDiplomat - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 06:41
Rights groups claim that Nguyen Duc Thuan and Tran Hiep were abducted in Cambodia, in line with a pattern of growing transnational repression by the Vietnamese state.

The Global Data Center Boom Has Arrived in Southeast Asia

TheDiplomat - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 06:31
Will the region's demand for artificial intelligence services justify the enormous outlays of money and resources?

The New Forever War

Foreign Affairs - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 06:00
Why America and Iran fight on without victory.

Thailand’s Constitutional Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Annulment of General Election

TheDiplomat - Tue, 29/09/2026 - 04:28
The petition concerned the use of barcodes and QR codes on ballot papers, which some claimed could breach constitutional requirements for secret voting.

What Xi Actually Thinks of Trump

Foreign Policy - Mon, 28/09/2026 - 22:40
China’s president has likely concluded that the U.S. under Trump has lost its way.

The U.S. and China Agree to Slash Tariffs

Foreign Policy - Mon, 28/09/2026 - 22:07
The cuts are on $60 billion worth of goods—but, crucially, soybeans aren’t included.

How Trump Is Sparking a Slovenian Website Boom

Foreign Policy - Mon, 28/09/2026 - 21:41
The president’s call to rebrand AI as “super intelligence” has led to a surge of interest in Slovenia’s “.si” web domain.

China’s Young Women Are Rewriting the Rules of Adulthood

TheDiplomat - Mon, 28/09/2026 - 21:22
Modernization has expanded women’s choices and made the traditional sequence of adulthood – marry, have children, settle near family – less inevitable.

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