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Russia’s two minds on Ukraine

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

How China’s soft power is rewriting Asian culture

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Brabim Karki

Ishiba's Greece debt comparison risks deeper crisis

Taku Eto may forever be known as Japan’s modern-day Marie Antoinette. At a time when the price of rice is at a record high, Eto, the country’s farm...

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Gearoid Reidy

A king’s ransom: The eye-watering cost of Charles III

How much should British taxpayers pay to keep the royal family living in the style they’re accustomed? It’s a question few in the U.K. have...

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Rosa Prince

To fix the U.S. debt problem, Americans must retire later

The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did years ago: America has...

yesterday 10

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Allison Schrager

How efficiency can transform sustainable development

As China and the United States leapfrog each other with staggering artificial intelligence innovations and the promise of quantum computing hurtles...

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Tshilidzi Marwala

China’s building crash is rewinding 22 years of growth

Casting your mind back to the China of 2003 almost feels like an exercise in historical fiction. With an economy barely larger than Italy’s, it was...

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David Fickling

Why Ishiba pulled a 180 on the gaffe-stricken farm minister

First, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he was not going to fire agriculture minister Taku Eto over a gaffe related to soaring rice costs. Then,...

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Michael Macarthur Bosack

Trump’s wake-up call for India’s foreign policy

U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be treating America’s allies more harshly than its rivals — a pattern underscored by his rollback of...

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Brahma Chellaney

Don’t reopen the ‘demon's gate’ debate in Japan

Japan is facing a changing world of tariffs, artificial intelligence and a potentially existential threat to its exports. Yet its approaching...

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Gearoid Reidy

Ten years of Made in China 2025 sees mixed success

A decade ago this month, China launched Made in China 2025 (MIC2025), a 10-year program of economic restructuring so bold and controversial that...

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Brad Glosserman

Success of ‘Minecraft’ shows the future of movies is games

It’s time for Superman to hang up his cape and the Avengers to disassemble. Hollywood’s new hero is here and his name is Steve. You might not...

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Gearoid Reidy

China’s defense industry is getting a DeepSeek moment

In investing, narratives can matter a lot more than earnings or cash flow analysis. Pakistan is certainly spinning a good story about China’s...

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Shuli Ren

German rearmament is a welcome 'war dividend'

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has started with a dramatic promise: "The German government will provide all the financial resources the...

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John Authers

U.S. Navy faces tough resource allocation challenges

As global threats multiply, the United States Navy finds itself stretched thin across multiple regions. In Europe, it faces a drawn-out war in...

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Keitaro Ushirogata

Moody’s tells us what we already know about U.S. debt

S&P Global Ratings stripped the U.S. of its coveted AAA credit rating in 2011 and Fitch Ratings did the same in 2023. Given how the country’s...

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Robert Burgess

The true cost of ocean plastic pollution

The problem of maritime plastic-waste pollution first became apparent in the 1970s. In the half-century since then, the problem has become ever...

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Romain Troublé