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This article was first published by Pacific Forum. It is republished with permission. As Russiastrugglesto make battlefield gains, Ukrainian drones continue to inflict steady cuts,strikingoil facilities and other parts of the war machine. In response, the Kremlin has turned outward. Moscow is now sending swarms of drones across Europe to probe NATO’s defenses, hoping to…
Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025 in November aims to be an all-in-one marketplace for global cutting-edge technologies, with international buyers from areas including the Middle East and Global South coming to the city to shop for opportunities, according to senior InvestHK officials. Last year’s event was almost like a “study trip” for some delegations, according…
Chinese state media and pundits have called the Dutch government a “pirate” and even threatened it with a ban on rare earths, following its seizure of control of the Chinese-owned semiconductor maker Nexperia in late September. On September 29, the United States Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim rule…
The admiral who leads US military forces in Latin America will step down at the end of this year, two years ahead of schedule, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday, in a surprise move amid escalating tensions with Venezuela. A source familiar with the matter said there had been tension between Admiral Alvin Holsey…
When Indonesia confirmed its US$9 billion purchase of 42 Chinese J-10C fighter jets last week, observers across Asia and the West did a double-take. The Southeast Asian nation – already engaged in an extensive Rafale program with France, a pending Turkish KAAN order and long-standing US military ties – is now flying squarely between two…
At a laboratory in northern China, less than an hour away from Beijing, a team of scientists is working on a new technology with huge potential as a clean energy source: nuclear fusion. The spacious ENN Group campus in Langfang, Hebei province, is home to a cluster of experimental facilities. At its heart is a…
TOKYO — What if a political earthquake upends Japan in unpredictable ways and yet very little changes anyway? It would be better for Asia’s second-biggest economy if we could dismiss this question out of hand. If we could say definitively that the Liberal Democratic Party’s Sanae Takaichi or the Democratic Party for the People’s Yuichiro…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Hamas “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them” if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza. The grim warning from Trump came after he previously played down the internal violence in the territory since a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas went into…
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation on Thursday. They agreed to meet soon, probably in Budapest, Hungary. Mr. Trump called the phone call “very productive.” Both leaders agreed there will be a high level meeting, likely the week of October 20th. According to Trump, the US initial meetings…
