- February 19th, 2026
The resounding electoral victory of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the February 8 snap election has dramatically reshaped the strategic landscape of East Asia, delivering an unmistakable message to Beijing: attempts to pressure Tokyo over Taiwan have failed....
The United States is spreading a dense web of MQ-9 Reaper drones across the Indo-Pacific in what amounts to one of the most consequential surveillance expansions in the region in recent years. The move reflects a high-stakes bet: that persistent,...
For decades, China’s rise as a maritime power has been measured not only in warships launched or ports financed under the Belt and Road Initiative, but also in the vast armada of fishing vessels that now traverse nearly every ocean...
Lithuania decided to challenge China over Taiwan four years ago, it expected outrage. It expected denunciations, perhaps sanctions, perhaps a diplomatic storm. Instead, it got silence. What began in 2021 as a bold stand for democracy and human rights collided...
Beneath the gleaming skyline of Shanghai and the global dominance of China’s electric vehicle supply chains, a deeper unease is spreading across the world’s second-largest economy. Economists and policymakers alike are increasingly gripped by a sense of déjà vu —...
A symbolic military gesture in Tehran has ignited geopolitical speculation stretching from Washington to Tel Aviv and Beijing. On February 8, a Chinese foreign military attaché stationed in Tehran presented Brigadier General Bahman Behmard, commander of the Iranian Air Force,...
The world’s two largest economies are placing starkly different bets on how to power the future — and those bets are rapidly reshaping the industrial map. On one side stands China, racing to dominate clean-energy manufacturing while still leaning heavily...
Japan’s political landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation following a historic landslide victory by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in last week’s parliamentary elections. For the first time since its founding in 1955, the...
The administration of Donald Trump has unveiled an ambitious plan to assemble a 55-country critical minerals alliance aimed at coordinating supply chains, stabilizing pricing and reducing Western dependence on China for rare earths and other niche metals vital to advanced...
China and Japan traded sharp words over Taiwan and wartime history this week, exposing once again the deep mistrust that continues to shape relations between Asia’s two largest economies. Tokyo lodged what it described as a “stern demarche” with Beijing...
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