- February 26th, 2026
China has sharply escalated its retaliation against Japan’s accelerating military expansion under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, imposing sweeping export bans and blacklisting some of the country’s most critical defense and technology institutions in a move that deepens one of the...
China has warned it will take “firm countermeasures” if the United States moves ahead with fresh trade investigations targeting Chinese strategic industries, escalating tensions just days after the US Supreme Court curtailed President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs under...
Asia can no longer afford to treat President Donald Trump’s new 15 percent tariff as mere background noise. The decision, announced with little preamble, sent immediate shockwaves through global markets. Gold surged to over five thousand dollars a troy ounce,...
In war planning rooms across the Pentagon, a quiet revolution is underway. Faced with a rapidly modernizing People’s Liberation Army and an increasingly contested Western Pacific battlespace, US strategists are rethinking how airpower, ground fires and maritime maneuver can survive...
The United States Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) has sent tremors far beyond Washington. In a 6–3 ruling, the Court curtailed one of the most expansive...
The United States tightens chip exports. Chinese laboratories unveil competitive large language models. Analysts publish league tables comparing benchmark scores, parameter counts and training runs. Television panels debate who is “ahead” in artificial intelligence. The vocabulary borrows from sport and...
Asia’s markets exhaled — briefly — after the Supreme Court of the United States struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping use of emergency powers to impose tariffs. But relief quickly gave way to apprehension. In trading rooms from Tokyo to...
A senior architect of Washington’s most controversial Afghanistan policy shift is signaling a political comeback — reigniting debate over accountability, diplomacy, and America’s future posture toward Taliban-ruled Kabul. Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, is reportedly...
For an Asian exporter, port operator or supply-chain manager, “trade geopolitics” is no longer an abstract debate reserved for think tanks and diplomats. It is a volatility premium paid daily in freight rates, contract clauses, inventory buffers and delayed investment...
As tensions continue to simmer across Europe and the Indo-Pacific, Ukraine has proposed sharing its combat-proven naval drone technology with Japan—an offer that could mark a significant shift in Tokyo’s traditionally cautious defence posture and deepen strategic ties between Kyiv...
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