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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...

China forms alliance for next phase of AI battle

China Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 17, 2026.

On 17 July, Xi Jinping opened the World AI Conference in Shanghai with a carefully targeted offer to countries that do not yet have their...

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...

Erdoğan’s star rises internationally while discontent brews at home

Turkey Sharmila Devi - July 17, 2026.

The parting gift of a vintage revolver from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan given to NATO leaders last week is the sort of present that...

A new tariff war between the US and Brazil is on the horizon

Economy TA | AP Insight - July 16, 2026.

The Brazilian government has decried the latest U.S. tariff on certain Brazilian imports and threatened to impose reciprocal tariffs against U.S. products. The United States on...

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...

Europe readies for Burnham as a placeholder PM

UK Ferry Biedermann - July 16, 2026.

His favourite bands, his support for Everton FC and his propensity to wear t-shirts seem to have caught most of the attention of Europe’s media...

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