Editorial As voting entered its most consequential moment, Donald Trump may have recognised the political damage awaiting his party. On Election Day, he announced that the United States would end its annual
China’s technological competition with the United States is increasingly becoming a contest over something less visible than advanced chips, artificial intelligence or industrial software: who can finance innovation for long enough, and
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The latest issue of The China Leadership Monitor (CLM) examines a question with growing global significance: is China working with Russia not only to blunt American power but also to advance alternative
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China’s new ethnic unity law has become the focus of a sharp dispute between Beijing’s critics in the West and a group of journalists, researchers and activists who say the legislation has
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Editorial “Believe me, I will do better. Trust me. I am your new messiah. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” Sounds familiar? Very Gandhi-esque, isn’t it? History has heard
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Mystery continues about the strange Ratcliffe visit to Moscow, flying there in a massive C-17 Globemaster, a military airlifter. While the Globemaster has a specially designed secure roll off and roll on
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The U.S.-Iran war has reached its six-month mark without a settlement, despite intensified mediation by Pakistan, Qatar and Oman and continuing efforts to revive the collapsed but still viable June peace outline,
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Editorial There are political jokes that need no comedian. Sri Lanka has just produced one with a red carpet, distinguished guests and a ceremonial title: “President of the Happiest Era”. Former President
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The poster still hangs outside the Migrolino kiosk at the railway station, as if the event were about to begin. Beside it stand heavily armed members of the cantonal police, an unmistakable
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Last week, in the crowded ports of Qingdao in China and Busan in South Korea, two medium-sized cargo ships largely unknown outside the maritime industry slipped their moorings and headed towards Europe.
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India’s space programme is entering a new phase, but a difficult question is emerging alongside its ambitions: can the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) be expected to concentrate on the country’s most
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US President Donald Trump has announced an unprecedented move to secure majority control, through private companies, over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves, saying the arrangement will more
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The United States is confronting a munitions shortage that could take years to reverse, raising questions about how long Washington can sustain its expanding military commitments while remaining prepared for a potential
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Editorial King Harald V of Norway died today, 28 August 2026, aged 89, ending one of the most unusual royal lives of the modern era. He spent more than three decades on
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The war that resumed in Sudan in April 2023 has created the largest humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world, forcing more than 11 million people from their homes by June 2026.
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The United States has removed Syria from its designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, granting the post-Assad government of Ahmed al-Sharaa another major vote of confidence as Washington seeks to consolidate
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