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Trump’s misreading of China’s resolve: This could be a legacy breaker
One could interpret US President Donald Trump’s tariff imposition on some 49 countries as an invitation to negotiate their respective trade positions with the...
US Trade Wars and Military Globalization Spark Complex Alignments
President Trump’s new round of reciprocal and universal tariffs will escalate trade tensions, lower investment, hit market pricing, distort trade flows, disrupt supply chains,...
Island Defence: Assessing Taiwan’s Military Capabilities
Since its inception, Taiwan has grappled with a range of challenges in resisting mounting pressure from China. From defence and economic concerns to sociopolitical...
Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Global Justice: Mutually Lawless Policies on Ukraine
“President Trump was the first and so far, I think, almost the only one among the Western leaders who repeatedly, with conviction, several times...
The Economic Architecture of Trump’s Trade Doctrine: A Strategic Realignment
In our earlier analysis, “Miran: The Economic Mind Behind Trump—What’s Behind the Tariffs?” Stephen Miran emerged as the intellectual force behind a modern revival...
The alternative of unrestricted Chinese trade to the wave of protectionism
At the end of last March, Xi Jinping warmly welcomed the arrival of representatives from the international business community and expressed appreciation for their...
The challenges of decoupling manufacturing from China
Back in the late 1980s, the relocation of American manufacturing to China, labeled the ‘factory of the world,’ became the latest trend in strategic...
Russia-China Relations: Can Trump create a Wedge between Moscow and Beijing?
It follows that in the aftermath of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine in February 2022, as the West “attempted to ‘cancel’ Russia by...
Trump and tariffs on Europe: escalation or dismantling of global trade?
There is no doubt that the tone of trade escalation in U. S. President Donald Trump's discourse on the global political stage has transformed...
Why the US-Japan-ROK Alliance Faces Greater Risk in 2025 Than Cold War Europe
With the growing threat of nuclear conflict in Northeast Asia—driven by North Korea’s ability to strike the U.S. mainland with nuclear missiles—strategic concerns about...