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BRICS Summit in New Delhi Shows Both the Promise and Limits of a Multipolar World
The BRICS summit in New Delhi has produced exactly the kind of image India wanted: Narendra Modi hosting Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian and leaders from across the Global South, with Xi visiting India…
India and China Resume Border Talks as Relations Continue Cautious Thaw
India and China are continuing their cautious attempt to repair relations after six years in which the Line of Actual Control (LAC) transformed from a manageable disagreement into one of Asia’s most dangerous military frontiers.
Taiwan Holds Major Military Drills as China Pressure Intensifies
Taiwan has completed another major round of military exercises as pressure from China around the island continues to shape one of the most dangerous security dilemmas in the Indo-Pacific. Taipei’s exercises have increasingly focused on…
India and EU Sign Historic Trade Deal After Nearly Two Decades of Negotiations
India and the European Union have signed a long-awaited free trade agreement after negotiations stretching, with interruptions, across almost two decades. The agreement links an Indian economy of more than 1.4 billion people with the…
US Forces Capture Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela Raid
The United States has crossed a threshold in Latin America that would have seemed almost unimaginable a year ago. On 3 January, American special forces entered Caracas in Operation Absolute Resolve, captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás…
Trump and Xi Reach One-Year Trade Truce After South Korea Summit
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea, on 30 October, producing the most significant easing of the US-China trade confrontation since Trump’s return to office. The two governments have agreed to step…
Japan Has Chosen Sanae Takaichi to Lead Its Governing Party. If She Becomes Prime Minister, Japan Will Have Its First Female Leader and One of Its Most Conservative Governments in Years. Why a Country Defined for Decades by Pacifism Is Becoming Much More Comfortable With Power.
Japan is entering a potentially historic political transition. Sanae Takaichi has won the leadership of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, placing her in position to become Japan’s first female prime minister and giving the country…
Xi, Putin and Modi Just Stood Together in China. The Image Matters Because the World Is No Longer Dividing Neatly Into an American Bloc and an Anti-American One.
China has spent the past week making a very deliberate argument about the international system it wants to build. At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, Xi Jinping hosted leaders including Vladimir Putin and…
Thailand and Cambodia Are Fighting Over Their Border. It Is a Reminder That a Line Drawn More Than a Century Ago Can Still Become More Politically Valuable Than the Land Around It.
Thailand and Cambodia are now experiencing their worst military confrontation in more than a decade. Fighting erupted on 24 July along their disputed frontier and rapidly expanded across several locations, with artillery, rockets and ground…
Trump Paused Most of His “Liberation Day” Tariffs After Markets Revolted. China Was the Exception. This Is Starting to Look Less Like a Global Trade War and More Like an Attempt to Reorganise the World Economy Around China.
Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” trade regime lasted in its original form for less than a week. On 9 April, only hours after the new country-specific tariffs came into effect, Trump announced a 90-day pause for…
Trump Finally Announced His “Liberation Day” Tariffs. Markets Lost Trillions. The Most Important Problem May Not Be the Tariffs Themselves, but Whether Anyone Knows How Long They Will Last.
Donald Trump’s promised “Liberation Day” arrived on 2 April, and the scale of the policy was considerably larger than markets expected. The administration announced a 10% baseline tariff on virtually all US imports, alongside substantially…
Trump Is About to Announce His Biggest Tariffs Yet. The Real Change Is That Free Trade Is No Longer the Default Assumption of American Politics.
Donald Trump is preparing what he has called “Liberation Day” on 2 April, when his administration is expected to announce a major new package of tariffs against American trading partners. The exact structure has not…
