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A news program in Taipei shows the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30.
COMMENTARY / World
‘Stability’ in U.S.-China competition isn’t surrender
A recent Rand report urges a stable rivalry between the U.S. and China, emphasizing managed competition and the need for mutual recognition of each other's political legitimacy.
COMMENTARY / World
What Chinese leaders really think of Trump
The Chinese view is that we are entering a prolonged phase of counter-globalization.
COMMENTARY / World
The future of drones is policing, not delivering packages
The ability to provide live, aerial views at the fraction of the cost of a helicopter also makes drones useful for law enforcement and firefighters.
Believing that human-like AI can think or feel is a growing danger, and we must stop designing systems that encourage that illusion.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2025
Seemingly conscious artificial intelligence is coming soon
By Mustafa Suleyman
The more that AI is built explicitly to resemble people, the farther it will have strayed from its true potential as a source of human empowerment.
Vladimir Putin's crackdown on dissent mirrors the repressive tactics of Peter the Great and Josef Stalin, using fear and fabricated charges to suppress opposition amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2025
In Russia, enemies are everywhere
By Nina L. Khrushcheva
The number of terrorism-related cases opened in Russia has soared since the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with convictions also rising,
Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (center) leaves after attending a news conference at the Embassy of Afghanistan in New Delhi on Oct. 12. The reopening of India's embassy in Kabul followed Muttaqi’s recent visit to India's capital.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2025
India’s Kabul return may recast global Taliban policy
By Brahma Chellaney
The reopening followed Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s recent visit to India, enabled by a special United Nations sanctions exemption.
Demonstrators protest against the Labour government's plans to introduce a digital ID outside of the party's conference in Liverpool, England, on Sept. 28.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2025
Starmer’s digital ID plan tests his powers of persuasion
By Martin Ivens
It might seem odd that U.K. political parties of all flavors have been quick to unite against what they deem a step towards an Orwellian Big Brother state.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his ministers sit across from U.S. leaders at the Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2025
China is winning the global ‘narrative war’
By Stephen R. Nagy
The future of the international order may depend less on missiles and trade deals than on who controls the story of what that order means and whom it serves.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participate in the "Howdy Modi" event in Houston, Texas, in September 2019. India has resisted Trump 2.0-era pressure through selective concessions, strategic patience and diversified partnerships.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 29, 2025
India’s geoeconomic options in a Trumpian world
By Manish Sharma
India resists Trump-era U.S. pressure through selective concessions, strategic patience and diversified partnerships, safeguarding its sovereignty.
Meta's pursuit of AI advancement without a strong safety culture has led to serious risks — especially for children — and unless the company fundamentally reforms its priorities, more harm is inevitable.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2025
Meta’s chatbot scandal is really a culture problem
By Gautam Mukunda
It was bad enough when the company didn’t prioritize safety with social media. The stakes with AI are even higher.

The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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