Taiwan

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Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.

Iran has offered to open the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases its pressure including taking steps toward ending the U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports and halting military operations in the Strait, a senior...

News

Despite the recent decline in crude oil prices due to lower-than-feared disruption of Saudi exports, supply-side risks remain elevated, and not only in the Middle East, analysts at ING Bank also said on Tuesday. Oil prices dropped on Friday and...

News

For many couples cohabitation has become an alternative to marriage rather than simply a step toward it. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Sep 22 2026 (IPS) Marriage is declining in many countries, with fewer people marrying and many postponing marriage until...

Global, Headlines, Population

In this premium bonus episode, we’re sharing our full interviews with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.). We ask AOC and Khanna the question at the heart of The Kingmakers ’ season finale: What should the next Democratic...

Master Plan

Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, creating a potential opening for renewed diplomacy between Tehran and Washington. A senior Iranian...

World News, Diplomacy, Iran

Neither a victory for Burnham’s Labour Party nor the Greens will advance the interests of the working class a single inch. What is necessary now is to carefully examine the bitter lessons of the political failure of Corbynism and the...

News

The European Union and the Philippines have reached an initial agreement on the main elements of a free trade deal, marking another step in Brussels’ effort to deepen economic ties with Southeast Asia. EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security...

World News, Asia, Economics

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on September 22, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Trade, investment, counterterrorism and regional diplomacy are likely to feature, alongside Pakistan’s...

South Asia, Block 3, China-Pakistan

Is the public entitled to know exactly where Oxford University invests billions of pounds of its endowment – and if that includes firms profiting from Israeli military operations? This is the question now facing a tribunal, following a legal challenge brought...

Archive, Arms Trade, Middle East

India paid $24.4 billion more on crude oil purchases between April and August compared to a year earlier as the spikes in international oil prices raised the import bill by 48% despite a 0.4% decline in volumes, government data showed...

News

This week, Cambodia welcomes foreign diplomats, law-enforcement officials and financial regulators to Phnom Penh for the “International Conference on Combating Online Scams.” Prime Minister Hun Manet’s administration is presenting the gathering as proof that it is ready to confront a...

Opinion, Cambodia Organized Crime, Cambodia Reform Theater

The reduction in the scale of US-South Korean military exercises is not a gesture of goodwill toward the DPRK, but rather an instrument of Donald Trump’s political pressure on Seoul aimed at forcing it to support US foreign policy in...

Politics, South Korea, USA

Britain is seeking a closer economic relationship with the European Union by asking to participate in the bloc’s “Made in Europe” industrial strategy, as Prime Minister Andy Burnham argues that the UK and EU face many of the same economic...

Europe, Britain, Economics

Bangladesh has spent years trying to find the perfect name for a law governing what people say on the internet. It has had the Information and Communication Technology Act, the Digital Security Act, the Cyber Security Act, the Cyber Protection...

Opinion, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Censorship

MERICS Media Briefing: Xi Jinping visits the USA J.Heller Tue, 09/22/2026 - 09:53 Video Sep 22, 2026 1 min read MERICS Media Briefing: Xi Jinping visits the USA Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to travel to the US and meet President Donald Trump at the White...

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The United States, Denmark and Greenland are preparing to sign an agreement that could reshape the American military presence in the Arctic and ease a diplomatic dispute that has strained relations within NATO. US President Donald Trump is due to...

World News, Denmark, Greenland

Coverage of the new White House memorandum on combating cybercrime quickly reached the privateer label. CNN called the participants “cyber privateers,” invoking the image of government-sanctioned raiders working the high seas of cyberspace, hauling in digital booty. The reality is...

Commentary, Acquisition, Congress

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened Iranian airlines with a “shut-down” from tomorrow, by means of airports refusing to refuel them and sell tickets, in the latest verbal escalation in the U.S.-Iran war, despite reported efforts to achieve peace amid...

News

Taiwan remains one of the most sensitive issues in relations between China and the United States, combining questions of sovereignty, national identity, military security and the unresolved legacy of China’s civil war. Beijing considers Taiwan part of China and describes...

East Asia, China, Security

When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last sat down in May 2026, talk was centered on three Ts: trade, technology and Taiwan. The latest summit, due to begin in the United States on Sept. 24, looks set to focus...

US-China, Block 2, Taiwan war

Global money is fracturing. As central banks hoard physical gold at record rates, weaponised sanctions, politicised payment networks, and persistent global inflation have exposed the structural vulnerabilities of relying on a single dominant reserve currency. For emerging markets, building domestic...

Emerging Markets, Banking, Economics

Crude oil prices, which had been falling since last week, today reversed course and made gains ahead of a UN General Assembly session that many hope will yield some progress on peace talks between the U.S. and Iran. As indicated...

News

Chinese and Hong Kong stocks rose on Tuesday, led by gains in artificial intelligence companies, as investors responded to signs of renewed US China cooperation on AI safety and looked ahead to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with US President...

Finance, Artificial Intelligence, China

This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here. The US-China relationship stands at a perilous threshold, defined by military friction, accelerating technological competition, and shrinking margins for miscalculation. As Washington debates...

US-China, Block 2, Pacific Forum

Solar energy panels installed in a dry rural landscape powering agricultural irrigation infrastructure alongside a traditional windmill. Credit: Katja Forster/iStock By Debisi Araba KIGALI, Rwanda, Sep 22 2026 (IPS) Africa is emerging as the world’s fastest-growing technology market, with its innovation ecosystem attracting...

Africa, Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change

Washington talks about “influence” as though it were a mystical vapor that leaks out of every military base closure. But Beijing’s rapidly growing clout in the Middle East shows that influence can come in many forms. While the Pentagon debates whether...

China, Persian-gulf, Iran-war

As Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for his third meeting in less than a year with U.S. President Donald Trump, calm seems to prevail in the relationship. This is a dangerous illusion. The sense of stability is breeding complacency...

Xi-trump-summit, China, Xi-jinping

News items heralding the AI apocalypse are ubiquitous. The panic started shortly after the ex-Anthropic, ex-OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower, Jacob Coxon sounded the alarm on X , writing that AI companies are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” Coxon’s...

Technology, Pentagon, Surveillance

The United States went to war with Iran in the belief that American power could quickly overwhelm Tehran’s ability to threaten the Middle East. For Saudi Arabia, the war is producing nearly the opposite result. Iran has been badly hit, but...

Iran-war, Persian-gulf, Houthis

Julia Braunmiller, Senior Private Sector Development Specialist with the World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law, and Antonia Kirkland, Director of Legal Equality and UN Liaison at Equality Now, discuss the importance of family law reform during the UNGA...

Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Education

In the United States, public skepticism over the misuse of AI technology and cybersecurity risks continues to grow. Real-world problems such as controversies surrounding data center construction and vulnerabilities in AI models have become increasingly prominent. Recent cybersecurity incidents, including...

AI Competition, Artificial Intelligence, China

In July 1971, Henry Kissinger, then American national security adviser, had arrived in Pakistan on an official trip but suddenly developed a convenient case of “Delhi belly.” The top envoy was supposedly too ill to continue his itinerary. Instead, under...

US-China, Block 1, Taiwan war

In late July, two tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia left the Red Sea port of Yanbu and headed south toward Bab al-Mandeb. Then they stopped and turned around. The Rodos and the Xin Long Yang were carrying a...

Opinion, Aramco, Asia Energy Imports

India China Relations Xi Modi Summit 2026 I had an excellent over hour long conversation with Raj Chengappa ( https://www.indiatoday.in/author/raj-chengappa ) about the BRICS+ meeting focusing on the Modi Xi meeting and what it meant for the future relations of India...

News

The United States (US) Air Force Secretary, Troy Meink, recently stated that the US has weapons stationed in Earth’s orbit. Some experts worldwide see it as a shocking development. However, it is not a surprise to the global strategic community...

Defense, China, front
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