- February 24th, 2026
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 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...
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...
A striking new piece of military hardware — a very large 155 mm naval gun — has been photographed installed aboard a Chinese weapons test ship, an installation that would represent the largest caliber naval gun ever seen on a vessel...
The global financial conversation shifted sharply. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested before the US Senate Banking Committee that he “would not be surprised” if China were exploring digital assets backed by gold rather than the renminbi. His remarks, referencing...
As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delivers its latest assessment of China’s economy, the world’s most prominent financial watchdog is grappling with a growing legitimacy crisis. Once viewed as the “lender of last resort” capable of stabilizing economies during global...
China’s accelerating nuclear submarine buildup is no longer just a shipyard story confined to satellite imagery and dry dock expansions. It has become a strategic test of whether faster industrial output can be converted into credible leverage against US sea...
The dominant assumption in international political economy was clear: the more open an economy, the stronger its growth prospects. Frictionless ports, low tariffs, deregulated investment regimes and unrestricted capital flows were treated as the essential ingredients of economic advancement. Governments...
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