For most of this year, Beijing’s economic managers have offered a familiar reassurance: growth is cooling, but it’s cooling in a controlled, deliberate way — the natural byproduct of a planned shift
It arrived in the early hours: a low-altitude drone crossing into Romanian airspace, moving through the sky near Galați. Radar locked on, authorization was given, and a NATO fighter jet — a
For four decades, “the China story” was the only story worth telling about Asian growth. A command economy poured concrete, wired factories, and moved hundreds of millions of people from farms to
Pakistan has emerged as one of the world’s most closely watched societies, not by choice, but through the construction of an elaborate mass surveillance architecture that scrutinizes the digital and mobile activities
Keir Starmer’s week has been one of gilded carriages and sleepless nights. The pageantry of Donald Trump’s state visit — soldiers in bearskins, the royal household mobilized in full splendor, and even
The rapid expansion of China’s infrastructure development, both domestically and overseas through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has raised significant concerns about the adequacy and transparency of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
President Emmanuel Macron has played many political hands during his turbulent second term, but last week he reached for what may be his final card: Sébastien Lecornu. The appointment of the 39-year-old
Current U.S. trade policy, marked by aggressive use of tariffs and a transactional approach to alliances, is profoundly reshaping the diplomatic and economic architecture of Asia. Both long-term strategic partners and developing
Charlie Kirk’s killing in Utah should horrify every American. Instead, for too many, it will simply fade into the noise of our toxic politics — just another grim entry in the ever-growing
In a dramatic show of both military and financial muscle, China last week paraded its growing alliances with U.S. adversaries — Russia and North Korea — sending a message that its ambitions
Donald Trump’s imposition of steep “secondary” tariffs on India for buying Russian oil is rapidly unraveling as a strategic failure, with leading experts like John Mearsheimer warning that the policy is backfiring and undermining
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s latest speech was not merely a call for diplomatic diversification—it was a recognition that the bedrock of Europe’s postwar foreign policy, the transatlantic alliance, may be entering an
The U.S. labor market stumbled again in August, amplifying concerns about the economy’s momentum and fueling speculation that the Federal Reserve may move aggressively to cut interest rates. The Labor Department reported