Non-participation carries costs, both for China’s influence in the Middle East and for its broader role in shaping an emerging mechanism of global governance.

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New data shows that Chinese exporters are increasingly transiting goods through lower-tariff trade partners. But is the practice legal?

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As Western donors increasingly tie development aid to political conditions, Japan’s quiet partnership with Rwanda raises a ...

Accurate scrutiny should begin with precision about what the law actually says, how it functions legally, and where ...

Despite the South Korean government’s efforts to downplay speculation linking the tariff hike to the Coupang probe, concerns ...

Indonesia’s government persistently refuses to recognize Indigenous Peoples as rights-holders with authority over their lands ...

In March 2025, the government of Japan announced initial guidelines for how they plan to evacuate 110,000 residents and ...

Growing Japan-Philippines defense ties are linking the East China Sea and South China Sea. Philippine Foreign Secretary ...

António Costa, the president of the European Council, said that the upgrade “underlines the importance we attach to the region and to Vietnam’s growing role within it.” ...

Described as the “mother of all deals,” this is the largest trade agreement that the EU and India have ever concluded.