EDITORIALS
Editorials
The final COP26 agreement is a disappointment and was considerably diminished from drafts circulated only days before.
Editorials
Xi Jinping is being elevated to a status in China equal to that of Mao Zedong. Along with that role is a consolidation of power that should be more worrisome.
COMMENTARY
Andy Mukherjee
Singapore says no to electronic cash not because it may flop, but because it’ll most likely be a hit and could have consequences for the island’s financial stability and monetary policy.
Michael J. Boskin
It has long been clear that Biden's spending bill would leave a $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion hole to be filled with debt even after tax hikes.
EDITORIALS
Editorials
Beijing cannot be allowed to intimidate or coerce its neighbors. The China military power report argues that it intends to do precisely that.
Editorials
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that his goal is the creation of a “new capitalism” that better distributes wealth.
Editorials
Western governments believe Khan was instrumental in advancing Pyongyang’s nuclear program, trading his enrichment technology for North Korea's ballistic missiles.
Editorials
The prime minister's success will be complicated by massive national debt and whether he can put the country’s public finances in order.
Editorials
In this world, leadership is vital. These elections do not augur well. While forces of illiberalism consolidate and gain traction, democracies spin their wheels.
Editorials
Chinese concerns are valid. AUKUS seeks to better deter, and if need be, defend against revisionist powers in this region. If that describes Chinese behavior, then it is a target.
Editorials
Dealing with North Korea is complicated, and Pyongyang’s decision to close its borders to prevent COVID-19 infection has made intelligence collection even more difficult.
Editorials
European military forces have an expanding presence in Asia, a recognition of the ever-larger role the Indo-Pacific has assumed in their governments’ strategic calculations.
Editorials
Was the war worth it? The speed with which the Afghan government collapsed certainly suggests that the project to build a durable government failed.
Editorials
The return of the old political guard without the public being given an opportunity to weigh in has angered many Malaysians.
COMMENTARY
Therese Raphael
Did AstraZeneca keep Britain safer from COVID-19 than Europe?
It's suggested that Britain’s home-grown jab may be the reason the country is faring better with the latest COVID-19 wave than Europe. Still, is there evidence for that?
Questions raised over the wisdom of dipping into Japan's oil reserves
The news media and oil industry are questioning the decision to tap into the national stockpile, which was considered to be a “last resort” move.
Release oil, but only to facilitate a transition to renewables
Unfortunately for Japan, the release of government oil reserves is a veritable drop in the barrel when compared to demand for this vital commodity.
Iran might once have needed a year to produce enough weapons-grade material for a bomb. That breakout time may have shrunk to as little as a month.
Lionel Laurent
The urge to abandon caution when COVID-19 cases are low, which is essentially what some European nations did this summer, is part of the problem.
Hugo Jones
China is increasingly growing confident and capable in propagating terminology and vocabulary that carry normative impact. Simply put, Beijing’s discourse power shows signs of growth.
Edo Naito
Would Japan have seen far greater fatalities if it opted for mass COVID-19 testing like other countries rather than just targeting vulnerable group as it did?