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The Trump-Xi meeting may temporarily ease anxiety over rare earth supplies, but it is unlikely to lower the political and regulatory threshold for access.

The evidence of atrocities is there. What are governments prepared to do with that knowledge?

Xi’s coming to the U.S. East Coast while the United Nations’ biggest event is going on. That makes his absence all the more striking.

What look like indications of U.S. abandonment of Taiwan are relatively superficial, while substantive investment in capabilities that could deter China continues apace.

Japarov also thanked Donald Trump for ending funding of NGOs.

Trump wants more sales. Xi wants fewer constraints. What does Australia need from the Trump-Xi summit?

Insights from Stephen J. Blank.

This year’s natural disaster drill sought to stress-test Taiwan against cascading, multisystem failures – with obvious implications for an invasion scenario as well as an earthquake.

Nepal’s devastating Himalayan floods have exposed the human and economic cost of a warming region, reviving demand for climate justice.

As the U.S.-China rivalry hollows out the WTO, Japan and ASEAN have a chance to build something new.

Will Washington translate its interest in Gwadar and the region around it into a policy to establish its presence there?

The ego-driven fragility of a world run by Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.

Expect little movement on trade, less on Taiwan, and who knows on tech.

Rising youth unemployment, the advent of AI translation, and growing anger against everything foreign are fueling public anger against English education in China. 

Washington will not slow its own AI labs. Slowing China’s instead would look like safety policy, but it could cost the United States the one AI deal within reach this week.

This year’s summit season reveals conflicting visions of global order (and India’s place in it).

In its latest Intergenerational Report, the Australian Treasury lays out five transitions shaping the coming decades.

Seoul has previously sent troops to support U.S. military operations in the Middle East. Today, both the external and domestic environments make that much harder to do.

BRICS’ New Delhi Summit expanded the grouping’s ambitions, but geopolitical divisions and weak institutional clarity continue to challenge its future.

The PLA has stepped up both the scale and intensity of its activities in the airspace and waters east of Taiwan. How can Taipei respond?