New Delhi in the context of India-China thaw, Russia, US, Canada
Two noteworthy events this past week spell out how India is now assessing the global context in which it operates. In Beijing, Indiaβs National Security…
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Minsk-Karachi railway shows Eurasiaβs quiet geopolitical rewiring
The news that Pakistan, Russia, and Belarus are working on a test freight railway connecting Minsk, Moscow, and Karachi may seem like just another infrastructure…
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Tai Po fire: To sell or not to sell? As govβt deadline looms, some owners still hope their homes can rise from the ashes
Betty Ho is adamant that she will not sell her flat in Wang Fuk Court under a government buyout scheme that is due to expire…
▶️ Watch →The Russian summer offensive is a failure so far
This is Weekend Update #200. When I wrote the first of these, in November 2022, I certainly did not expect to be producing these close…
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Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal, China flood tops 3,000
Rescuers in Nepal and China battled Sunday through leg-sucking mud and the threat of rising rivers and a newly formed lake to search for thousands…
▶️ Watch →In defense of Asian American art
Back in 2015, when I was living in Brooklyn, my apartment flooded. My landlord, who owned a bunch of apartments, offered to put me up…
Read full article βBangladeshβs J-10CE fighter plan stirs China dependence fears
Bangladeshβs planned J-10CE purchase could significantly strengthen its airpower while tying that capability more closely to Chinese weapons, support networks and supply chains. This month,…
Read full article βHoly See seeks a path to peace in Moscow
While Bishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy Seeβs Secretary for Relations with States, was holding a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, another…
Read full article βThe many snags in Erdoganβs many strategic wins
The Turkish leader may find himself in more trouble just because of his diplomatic successes. Egypt, Israel and the ideal of the Arab Risorgimento (resurgence)…
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China tightens rules on selling unfinished homes to lift sector
Chinese officials tightened the rules for selling unfinished homes on Friday as they try to lift the countryβs property market out of a years-long slump…
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Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000
Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris…
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China removes high-ranking officers Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from key military body
China removed two high-ranking officers from the countryβs main military body on Friday, state media reported, seven months after it was announced that Zhang Youxia…
Read full article βNepal glacial disaster and the new geography of climate risk
On August 26, the Himalayas seemed to move. An enormous mass of ice and rock broke loose near the Nepal-Tibet border, plunging into the Lhende…
Read full article βIndia-China competition in the Indian Ocean: stability is not a reset
This article first appeared in Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. There are multiple interpretations of where the India-China relationship…
Read full article βThe geopolitical imperative for a self-reliant South Korea
US President Donald Trumpβs abrupt directive on August 16, 2026, to drastically scale back the joint βUlchi Freedom Shieldβ (UFS) military exercises sent shockwaves across…
Read full article βTrump has exposed the leaking guts of the US war machine
The war propaganda machine in the US is a ceaseless, multifaceted contraption that includes legacy media, the educational system and the entertainment industry. A nation…
Read full article βBangladesh should join the Mecca pact β if the bargainβs real
Bangladeshβs problem is not its geography. It is a geopolitical imagination too often confined by geography. So long as Dhaka views its foreign policy almost…
Read full article βWaiting in vain for a Trump foreign-policy doctrine
There is, once again, something both depressing and hilarious about Washingtonβs search for a Trump foreign-policy doctrine. Well over a year into Trumpβs second term,…
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Hong Kong court acquits police officer of indecent assault charge after accuserβs testimony rejected
A Hong Kong court has found a police officer not guilty of indecent assault after rejecting the testimony of his accuser. Officer NgΒ Kaβwai pleaded not…
Read full article βCIA diplomacy fails to bridge the US-Russia divide
Subscribe nowΒ with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Ratcliffeβs Moscow visit highlights strategic…
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