Japan
Stealth fighters and long-range missiles: Japan’s cabinet greenlights record-breaking military budget
21 Dec, 2020
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Japanese government has approved a hike in military spending to address an “increasingly tough” security environment, as the country struggles...
La Suède et le Japon payent le prix de leur gestion...
December 23, 2020
L’un des aspects les plus frappants dans la pandémie de Covid-19, c’est la différence radicale des stratégies mises en place d’un pays...
How will the US counter China?
Would a Joe Biden administration relieve pressure on China, with less antagonism? Though the rhetoric may be softened, the main thrust of US policy,...
UK should tilt foreign policy to Indo-Pacific region, report says
Thinktank urges UK to build democratic counterweight to China’s growing influence
By Patrick Wintour
22 Nov 2020
The UK should make a major post-Brexit tilt towards the...
The China Moment
By Peter Koenig
21 November 2020
China has achieved the almost impossible – a free trade agreement with 14 countries – the ten ASEAN, plus Japan,...
India, Afghanistan, South Asia: World of difference between Trump and Biden
The Biden Presidency Worries India
8 NOVEMBER, 2020
From the Indian perspective, the prospect of a Joe Biden presidency becomes a moment of ‘memory mixing with...
US seeks formal alliance similar to Nato with India, Japan and...
Washington’s goal is to get countries in the Indo-Pacific region to work together as a bulwark against ‘a potential challenge from China’, says the...
Dump the dollar: Russia has now gotten rid of over 96%...
18 May, 2020
Moscow has continued to sell off US Treasury securities, cutting its stockpile by US$8.73 billion in March, according to the latest data...
From Pandemic to Political Pandemonium
The second in a seven-part, multi-week series of commentary on the COVID-19 crisis
By Radhika Desai
May 14, 2020
This is the second in a seven-part, multi-week...
L’OMS: dans les griffes des lobbyistes ?
Sous-financée, dépendante de donateurs privés dont Bill Gates, l’OMS peut-elle encore assurer ses missions au service de la santé publique ? Une solide investigation...