Year: 2026

NEW YORK — The moment the US debt crossed US$40 trillion, it stopped being a number and became a gravitational force — one powerful enough to bend Asia’s bond markets,…

Canadian Prime Minister Carney has announced the suspension of Canada-United States trade talks, citing “last-minute changes” made by American negotiators that “were unfair, uneconomic and called into question the reliability…

South Korea is betting extraordinary sums on artificial intelligence. President Lee Jae-myung has backed an 800 trillion won (US$578 billion) semiconductor expansion involving Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, promoted a…

India’s interest in joining the French-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program reflects a convergence of strategic necessity, where India needs a credible path to next-generation airpower, while France needs…

Japan’s national pension fund and its pension system in general face serious challenges that have recently been aggravated by an attempt to politicize the allocation of investments meant to secure…

Wars in the 21st century aren’t fought only with missiles and soldiers anymore. Increasingly, they’re fought through banking systems, shipping lanes, semiconductor controls and currency clearing networks. The battlefield has…

For decades, the assumption underpinning global politics was simple: American power, however imperfect, anchored the system. Allies might occasionally foster frustrations surrounding US unilateralism but stayed close to Washington because…