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China imposes export controls on 40 Japanese entities

China TA | AP Insight - June 29, 2026.

China imposed new export controls Monday on 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to the country’s “remilitarization,” as tensions with Tokyo rise. Relations between Beijing...

Can economic integration stop the conflicts between Iran and the Gulf States?

Middle East Adeel Malik - Jamal Ibrahim Haidar - June 29, 2026.

The US-Israeli war against Iran has shattered the Gulf’s old security order. As governments search for alternatives, debate has focused largely on military strategy, diplomatic...

Why are many in the region shocked by Trump's demand that Syria take on Hezbollah?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - June 28, 2026.

As the White House has soured on Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump has shocked many in the region by pushing...

Disarmament of Hezbollah – will the most difficult part of the Israel–Lebanon deal be implemented?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - June 27, 2026.

Hezbollah’s leader on Saturday criticized a framework agreement that Israel and Lebanon signed a day earlier to end months of conflict between the militant group...

Can Europe bear the economic cost of heatwaves?

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 26, 2026.

Year after year, they arrive earlier and strike with greater intensity. Extreme heatwaves, such as the one currently underway, should no longer surprise anyone in...

Why Beijing’s promise to boost domestic consumption has lost credibility

China Stephen S. Roach - June 26, 2026.

China’s efforts to rebalance its economy have been an abject failure. Nearly two decades after former Premier Wen Jiabao bemoaned the Chinese economy’s excessive dependence...

Albania’s ‘renaissance man’ Rama under protest pressure

Eastern Europe Sharmila Devi - June 26, 2026.

Edi Rama is not worrying, in public at least, about being ousted by the protests that erupted more than three weeks ago against alleged corruption...

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