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With several days of Brexit related chaos behind us, it is worth taking stock of Britain's position and direction, with the proviso that things are likely to change very quickly over the coming weeks.
What happened?
Theresa May finally released a draft deal between the EU and UK governments on Britain’s...
New Star of Taiwan Politics and the Lesson Behind the Phenomenon
Taiwan is preparing for the upcoming local elections. Currently, Han Kuo-yu is a popular figure in Taiwanese politics. For those who are unfamiliar with Taiwanese...
U.S. Congress Set to Further Rein Back Trump’s Foreign Policy Powers
Trump-era trend of the locus of U.S. foreign policy shifting to the Capitol Hill set to accentuate as Democrats retake control of the U.S....
What is Behind Jair Bolsonaro’s Rise in Brazil?
Almost the entire world has heard about Jair Bolsonaro by this moment, the most likely next president of the Latin American largest country. He...
Pence’s Powerful Speech Brings Out the Chinese Nationalists
The trade war initiated by the United States has caused panic to the Trump Administration in the run-up to the midterm election. When President...
In burying the hatchet, with his one time foe, Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohammad exhibited immense pragmatism. An arrangement has been worked out, according to which Mahathir would step down and pave way for Ibrahim
Mahathir has been equally pragmatic in his approach towards China, while taking some tough...
While Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were busy gathering for a high-profile summit in Helsinki on Monday, a far less publicized meeting between two other world powers was simultaneously held in Beijing. The twentieth EU-China summit was maybe less attention grabbing but is still significant in its own...
Among the many predicted ill impacts that the protracted trade war between the U.S. and China will have on the global trade and supply, the silver lining lies in the fact that China now needs markets to absorb its products, which were earlier being absorbed by its biggest trading...
President Trump’s recent actions on trade, particularly the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and the European Union, and the announcement of a deadline for imposing the threatened tariffs on China, have not only aroused strong opposition from the victims, but they have also renewed fears...
