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What the U.S.-China summit means for Japan

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Stephen R. Nagy

What Chinese leaders really think of Trump

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Mark Leonard

The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms

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Juliana Liu

The big lie behind Trump’s Venezuela strikes

The big lie behind Trump’s Venezuela strikes

When announcing an aggressive policy, U.S. President Donald Trump typically offers some grotesque justification — a nonsensical fiction that is...

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Timothy Snyder

Why Japan — like the U.S. — needs Central Asia

Why Japan — like the U.S. — needs Central Asia

Just a week after his Tokyo summit with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, U.S. President Donald Trump will host the C5 1 Summit with Central Asian...

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Melik Kaylan

The U.S. had the spotlight. China stole the show.

The U.S. had the spotlight. China stole the show.

U.S. President Donald Trump may have grabbed the headlines during last week’s Asia tour, but deft diplomacy made his Chinese rival, Xi Jinping, the...

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Karishma Vaswani

In Russia, enemies are everywhere

In Russia, enemies are everywhere

In the 18th century, Russian Emperor Peter the Great regularly had his detractors tortured, exiled to Siberia and executed, sometimes for as little...

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Nina L. Khrushcheva

Tokyo’s coolest neighborhood? There isn’t one.

Tokyo’s coolest neighborhood? There isn’t one.

It’s fair to say that Tokyo has some of the world’s hippest neighborhoods. But I wasn’t the only one to raise an eyebrow when Time Out magazine...

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Gearoid Reidy

Seemingly conscious artificial intelligence is coming soon

Seemingly conscious artificial intelligence is coming soon

My life’s mission has been to create safe, beneficial AI that will make the world a better place. But recently, I’ve been increasingly concerned...

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Mustafa Suleyman

India’s Kabul return may recast global Taliban policy

India’s Kabul return may recast global Taliban policy

By reopening its embassy in Kabul on Oct. 21, India has chosen engagement over isolation — a move that could prompt other major democracies, from...

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Brahma Chellaney

Starmer’s digital ID plan tests his powers of persuasion

Starmer’s digital ID plan tests his powers of persuasion

There are some 3 million compelling reasons for Prime Minister Keir Starmer not to roll out a national system of mandatory digital identity cards....

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Martin Ivens

Japan’s demining deployment is a security milestone

Japan’s demining deployment is a security milestone

While the domestic political situation and Donald Trump’s visit captured all the media attention in October, Japan’s Ministry of Defense delivered...

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Michael Macarthur Bosack

Takaichi deserves better than gendered stereotypes

Takaichi deserves better than gendered stereotypes

Sanae Takaichi has made history as Japan’s first female prime minister yet much of the commentary from liberal journalists, scholars and...

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Waka Ikeda