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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...

A war without a front and without approval

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - July 18, 2026.

Iranian missiles over Doha, the capital of Qatar, and US bombs on bridges around Bandar Abbas, Iran’s largest port city on the northern coast of...

Putin would suffer the greatest damage from a Russian escalation in Ukraine

Eastern Europe Carl Bildt - July 18, 2026.

If Russian President Vladimir Putin were to make a clearheaded assessment of the state of his war with Ukraine, he would seek a ceasefire. But his...

States do not go broke; citizens do

Economy Emre Alkin - July 18, 2026.

Back in February 2025, I wrote an article titled “How Do Countries Fall into a Debt Spiral?” In that piece, I made a simple warning:...

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...

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