Xi cements his control over China, but huge challenges await his third term
Beijing – Xi Jinping has secured near-total control over the Chinese Communist Party, but experts warn its unchecked power poses a huge risk, with a […]
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US Midterm Elections and ‘Election Deniers’ Threaten Democracy
Washington- From the Pacific coast to the East Coast, election denial has seeped from US state capitals into village halls, bars and lounges, making the […]
Angle: Women’s status ‘going backwards’ in 10 years of Xi administration, no wait for party convention | Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Most Chinese women are hoping to promote gender equality at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, where […]
January 6 House panel set the bar high: show crime
In the final moments of what will most likely be the last hearing of the United States House Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack […]
Xi seeks to harness China’s ‘fighting spirit’ to take on US
Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a clear message to those who want to thwart China’s rise: you will fail. In a nearly two-hour speech […]
Xi refuses to rule out taking Taiwan by force, warning of ‘dangerous storms’ ahead
Chinese leader Xi Jinping kicked off a two-decade Communist Party congress on Sunday by reiterating that China will never renounce the use of force to […]
Is it an exercise? The next Russian nuclear exercises, a challenge for the West
BRUSSELS – With Russia set to soon carry out large-scale exercises of its nuclear forces as Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to use them, the […]
A polarized world means the end of ASEAN as we know it
BANGKOK- As Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand prepare to host major global summits in November, the 55-year-old Association of Southeast Asian Nations faces an existential crisis, […]
US weighs next steps on Ukrainian weapons in ‘escalation cycle’
Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, successive US administrations were cautious in sending lethal weapons to Kyiv. Nearly eight months into the conflict, […]
The greatest threat to democracy and peace is brutality
Democracy is in a global doldrums. The same goes for peace, both international and domestic. There are many reasons. Which is the biggest? Many experts […]