Politics

NATO war game in Sweden tests response to Russia

Politics TA | AP Insight - May 12, 2026.

The war game scenario was this: One of NATO ’s newest members, Sweden, was under threat by an unnamed country that was building up troops...

Will Trump stand by Taiwan?

Politics Eyck Freymann - May 12, 2026.

From the Iran war and nuclear weapons to tariffs and AI, the agenda for this week’s Beijing summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese...

Will the Iran war overshadow the hype of the Trump-Xi summit?

Politics TA | AP Insight - May 10, 2026.

Weeks before his trip to China, President Donald Trump was already predicting on social media that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would “give me a...

Mexico’s new crime reduction model a good option for Latin America

Politics Viri Ríos - May 9, 2026.

El Salvador’s homicide rate, previously among the world’s highest, has dropped dramatically under President Nayib Bukele’s authoritarian rule. Bukele argues that there is no alternative to...

Southeast Asian countries agreed on plan to mitigate energy crisis

Politics TA | AP Insight - May 8, 2026.

Southeast Asian leaders adopted a contingency plan Friday to mitigate the impact of the Iran war on their people and economies but acknowledged it will...

Islamist bid to blockade Bamako goes ignored

Politics Sharmila Devi - May 8, 2026.

As the US and Iran jostle over the Strait of Hormuz, there is little global attention on another attempted blockade, this one by Islamist militants...

The biggest shift of the global balance of power after the Cold War

Politics Ian Bremmer - May 7, 2026.

The US-Israeli war with Iran has done much more than destabilize the Middle East, trigger a surge in energy and other prices, and disrupt the...

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