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Japan has '$100 billion' reasons to welcome more visitors

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Gearoid Reidy

Europe needs a defense production act

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Nicu Popescu

Jailing Imran Khan won’t fix Pakistan’s problems

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Mihir Sharma

Trump seriously abused his pardon power. Biden also indulged.

Trump seriously abused his pardon power. Biden also indulged.

The U.S. presidential pardon power is evolving before our very eyes — and not in a good way. First outgoing President Joe Biden pardoned...

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Noah Feldman

Ueda’s doctrine for the BOJ is finally emerging

Ueda’s doctrine for the BOJ is finally emerging

Almost from the moment he was sworn in as Bank of Japan governor, Kazuo Ueda sounded like a guy who wanted to be done with negativity. It just...

yesterday 20

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Daniel Moss And Gearoid Reidy

There's a target on the back of Britain's NHS

There's a target on the back of Britain's NHS

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer stood for election on a platform of fixing the country’s ailing National Health Service, a taxpayer-funded...

yesterday 20

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Matthew Brooker

Even this year is the best time ever to be alive

Even this year is the best time ever to be alive

Around the beginning of each year, I customarily write a column about how we’ve just had the "best year ever” in the long history of humanity....

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Nicholas Kristof

How Trump's TikTok ban reprieve could work

How Trump's TikTok ban reprieve could work

As American TikTok users rejoice at the site’s return from its 14-hour hiatus, curmudgeonly critics — me included — wonder whether President...

yesterday 10

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Stephen L. Carter

Sustainable finance taxonomies light up Asia’s net-zero path

Sustainable finance taxonomies light up Asia’s net-zero path

Natural ecosystems can be restored and prosper, and bustling cities can be powered entirely by clean energy. Sound utopian? In a rapidly...

yesterday 20

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Michelle Loi

Politics and the economy: Bedfellows of U.S.-China relations

Politics and the economy: Bedfellows of U.S.-China relations

The United States has yet to come up with a viable strategy to deal with multipolarity in international relations. How will this affect its...

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Naoko Eto

Indonesia is the latest country to risk a 'Japanification' tag

Indonesia is the latest country to risk a 'Japanification' tag

Indonesia is the latest country in danger of being tagged with the "Japanification" label. Not for a battle with deflation or sluggish growth, and...

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Daniel Moss

A history of globalization on horseback

A history of globalization on horseback

This year has seen a heightening of the semiconductor wars between the U.S. and China, stoking superpower tensions and raising visions of a global...

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Howard Chua-Eoan

To avoid collective ruin requires renewed global cooperation

To avoid collective ruin requires renewed global cooperation

At 82, I have lived through countless political and social upheavals, enough to become somewhat inured to history’s recurring cycles. But recent...

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Mohamed Elbaradei

Liberal democracy faces doubts. But collapse? Not likely.

Liberal democracy faces doubts. But collapse? Not likely.

Democracy, it is often heard these days, is in crisis. The election of Donald Trump and news of political turmoil in many other democracies have...

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Serge Schmemann

Will Trump sustain or squander Biden's Indo-Pacific gains?

Will Trump sustain or squander Biden's Indo-Pacific gains?

As Donald Trump commences his second term as U.S. president, it’s a good time to assess the United States’ standing and position in the...

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Brad Glosserman

Joe Biden’s abiding legacy will be Donald Trump

Joe Biden’s abiding legacy will be Donald Trump

Who could deny that Joe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents? His signature achievement, after all, was to get Donald...

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Clive Crook

Can Trump dump the dollar?

Can Trump dump the dollar?

One of the more jaw-dropping policy ideas gaining political steam in the United States recently has President-elect Donald Trump and his team, on...

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Barry Eichengreen

Why would Trump buy Greenland when he can rent it?

Why would Trump buy Greenland when he can rent it?

President-elect Donald Trump still wants to buy Greenland, having previously likened it to a giant real estate deal. If so, he seems to have...

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Liam Denning

Japan has nothing to fear from Trump — except in maybe one area

Japan has nothing to fear from Trump — except in maybe one area

Donald Trump will return as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20. Much of the global media is concerned about the transactional...

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Edo Naito

What Trump’s appointments tell us about his Asia policy

What Trump’s appointments tell us about his Asia policy

During the U.S. presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump generally took a tough line toward China. Yet at the same time, he often...

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Joshua Kurlantzick

Gaza ceasefire deal is a win for Trump

Gaza ceasefire deal is a win for Trump

"WE HAVE A DEAL,” U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on his social media channel Truth Social, as Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization...

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Marc Champion