Trash balloons and psychological warfare
June 18, 2024
Opinion asian news
China retail surge hints at economic rebalancing
China’s recent economic data presents a mixed, yet promising, picture of its ongoing and evolving economic recovery.
Anti-Ukraine-aid European populists back Putin
Vladimir Putin looks to be a big winner from the far-right surge in the recent European Parliament elections. Not content with only exercising control over former Soviet Union members, the Kremlin is now increasing its support across the rest of Europe.
IPEF making economic gains above the naysaying critics
SINGAPORE – While skepticism abounded ahead of last week’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) meetings in Singapore, the results underscored the Biden administration initiative’s potential and need for even greater private sector support.
Why is Europe’s youth leaning so far right?
In Europe, the slogan “never again fascism” is one that still resonates. The death and destruction wrought by hyper-nationalist, authoritarian states in the first half of the 20th century still haunts the nightmares of successive generations.
Is Israeli-Saudi normalization end or means?
The path to a peace treaty between Israel and Saudi Arabia is fraught with prerequisites unrelated to Israel or peace.