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A strong start for Takaichi, but the real work is only beginning
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. Sanae Takaichi has just completed her first year as Japan’s prime minister. It has been a good one: She has retained stratospheric popularity (for a Japanese prime minister), avoided major gaffes…
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Sanctions-evading China-bound billions turn untraceable in Moscow
At the sprawling Sadovod market in southeast Moscow, among the 160 acres of clothing, jewelry and appliance booths, at least eight teams are spotted, working apart from the everyday hustle and bustle of the market. Throughout a business day, these teams, known in confidential…
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Hours before midterm elections, Trump bombs Iran’s Qeshm Island
The Trump administration launched a new bombing attack on Iranian territory Monday night, striking Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz on the eve of the US midterms amid mounting fears of a massive post-election assault. The Wall Street Journal was first to report the strikes,…
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How North Korea became the crypto heist king
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was the victim of a massive heist in late October. Approximately US$6.36 billion of funds were stolen within the space of 20 minutes in an attack that has been described as the largest of its kind in history. The source of…
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China’s tech boom borrowing the playbook of its property bust
On October 28, 2026, Unitree, China’s top robotics company, released its first quarterly report since going public in Shanghai. Third-quarter profit fell 17.4%, even as the stock traded at more than 465 times earnings. Those numbers explain why its founder, Wang Xingxing, looked…
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‘Boiling Point’: How America lit and fueled the Ukraine war
The narrative surrounding the Ukraine war often marks its beginning on February 24, 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion. But the rivalries and political decisions that brought the two countries into conflict stretch back centuries. The start of the Cold War,…
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The emerging shape of China’s military reach in SE Asia
A 2,000-meter runway in Ban Keun, situated about 50 kilometers north of the Lao capital of Vientiane, is an unlikely location for US-China great-power rivalry. Yet it may become one of the most revealing markers of China’s strategic ambitions in Southeast Asia. On September 29,…
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US must help North Koreans find the truth that Kim Jong Un fears
Growing up in Pyongyang, I believed the stories I was told about my home country. They were so powerful that, even as a young boy, I dreamt of becoming a military officer like my father. I imagined that one day I would march proudly in a North Korean uniform before Kim Il Sung.…
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The growing slaughter of Ukrainian civilians
There’s some pretty grim news, but news that we must face. This summer and fall have seen a noticeable and continuing increase in the number of Ukrainian civilians being deliberately targeted and killed by Russian bombing. It is becoming more and more common to have mass…
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Taiwan to criminalize Nvidia AI chip smuggling to China
Taiwan is moving to criminalize the unauthorized export of advanced AI chips to China, aiming to close a loophole exposed when Nvidia-powered servers bought on the island reached Chinese buyers via Indonesia, Japan, and Hong Kong. The Legislative Yuan’s Economics Committee held…
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As Trump renews Iran nuke threats, Dems ponder blocking war funds
As President Donald Trump and Iranian officials traded threats over the weekend, and with the Trump administration reportedly considering renewed attacks against an underground complex it claims is a nuclear site – which Iran denies – critics of the US-Israeli war on the Middle…
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Energy is America’s real weapon in a multipolar world
Faced with an emerging multipolar order, the United States appears to be relying less on dominance of every frontier technology than on leveraging its influence over the world’s most finite and strategically vital commodities: oil and gas. Control, disruption or the credible…
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The midterm races Asia’s AI industry should be watching
SINGAPORE – When it comes to the 2026 US elections, the congressional midterms draw most of the media attention. Will the Democrats take back the House? Can they get a majority in the Senate, too? For Asia, though, the outcome will not immediately affect the two issues that…
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Trump’s Republicans brace for a midterm shellacking
WASHINGTON, D.C.— US President Donald Trump’s Republicans enter Tuesday’s midterm elections facing a potentially punishing voter verdict. His approval rating stands at just 32% in a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, while Democrats lead the national congressional ballot by more than…
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Where’s the outrage when US leaders spew Islamophobia?
The Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate coming from the highest levels of our government are absolutely outrageous. From President Donald Trump to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to members of Congress, including Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Nancy Mace, we are hearing…
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How the US-Israeli war on Iran ends
The war that Israel and the United States launched against Iran on February 28 is in a lull, not at an end. Major combat has paused, diplomacy has stalled, and both sides are preparing for the next round. To understand why the fighting will soon resume, we need to understand the…
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Where every day is results day on the market
An old Hindi film from the 1980s shows a politician keeping two speeches in his pocket, one for each way the day might turn. Anyone who has read live commentary on Asia’s largest technology stocks on a popular financial platform this year will recognize the habit. When a stock…
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Are Americans gloomy about the economy or is something else afoot?
Polling is looking grim for Republicans ahead of the US midterm elections on November 3, 2026, due in large part to deep pessimism among the public about the economy. At first glance, this might seem surprising. With the exception of inflation, many economic measures remain…
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Empty arsenal, empty threat: how to fix America’s arms deficit
The Pentagon is starting to understand that the current arsenal of traditional and precision weapons is far too small to fight any prolonged war longer than a few days. The exhaustion of key weapons such as Patriot and HIMARS missiles, shortages of 155mm ammunition, and lack of…
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Marianas midterm vote a referendum on China’s murky influence
While some watch election outcomes in Michigan, Texas and other high-profile campaigns, defense planners should closely watch election results in another part of the United States. The US territory of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is also going to the…