Politics

Washington is preparing Seoul for a greater role in the Pacific

Politics The Editorial Board - July 20, 2026.

On 17 July, North Korea strongly denounced the RIMPAC exercise in Hawaii as a US warfare exercise and announced a “chain of proportional countermeasures”. In a...

Is the US easing pressure on Hong Kong?

Politics TA | AP Insight - July 18, 2026.

The United States said Saturday it did not renew a national emergency declaration over Hong Kong, leading to the lifting of partial sanctions, but it...

Japan against national flag vandals – protecting tradition or threatening free speech?

Politics TA | AP Insight - July 17, 2026.

Japan on Friday enacted a controversial new law prohibiting desecration of its national flag, a key right-wing agenda pushed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Opponents say...

Will the operation to dismantle the International Criminal Court succeed?

Politics Josep Borrell - July 17, 2026.

Some institutional failures unfold not through scandal but procedure, with acts of sabotage dressed up in the language of good-faith inquiry and accountability. By the...

Europe should stop clinging to the good old days of the transatlantic relationship

Politics Mark Leonard - July 16, 2026.

European leaders breathed a sigh of relief as US President Donald Trump departed last week’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. Despite a few unseemly moments in...

Western and Asian nations reaffirm ruling invalidating China's claims in South China Sea

Politics TA | AP Insight - July 12, 2026.

The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China’s expansive claims in the South China...

South Africa between street raids and state deportation

Politics The Editorial Board - July 12, 2026.

In South Africa, protesters enter homes, drag out foreign nationals and hand them over to the police. Cyril Ramaphosa’s government condemns such actions but at...

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