What’s driving Jordan’s fuel protests?
Recent protests in Jordan over rising fuel prices and calls for government in...
China Asia Economy
Russia, Turkey come together in Syria to Uncle Sam’s...
The curtain is coming down on the brutal 11-year-old Syrian conflict, which f...
How Russia deploys an army of shadow diplomats
This article was originally co-published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winn...
The unstoppable march of globalization
Remember the demise of globalization? As the Covie-19 pandemic wreaked ha...
BOJ at mercy of US, China zigs and zags
It’s hard to think of a central banker who had a more precarious year ...
Amid tough US chip chat, S Koreans turn anti-China
SEOUL – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol urged additional tax breaks for ...
China urged to disclose more Covid DNA data
Western experts are urging China to disclose more data related to its current...
Stopping Iran’s drones
The Biden administration belatedly wants to stop Iran’s drones. Focusing prim...
Looking back on 2022: Ukraine and the rest of the story
As 2022 draws to a close, the world bears the tragic burden of the war in Ukr...
‘White lungs’ scare Chinese and their travel hosts
More places, including Taiwan and the United States, have reintroduced Covid ...
The year 2022 drew at least three clear lines
In my Economist days, I had a very fine colleague who dismissed contemptuousl...
Gulf reliance on trade with China keeps increasing
In early December, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the Gulf Cooperation...
Fraught shift from ‘Asia-Pacific’ to ‘Indo-Pacific’
I belong to the generation of “Asia-Pacific,” and am rather a stranger to the...
2023 will be better, but not great, for Laos
Year 2022 has been an annus horribilis for communist party-run Laos. Analysts...
Seoul vows double retaliation against North Korean d...
SEOUL – Fallout from the failure of South Korea’s high-tech military to shoot...
US mulls Covid checks for travelers from China
The United States is considering launching new precautions for travelers comi...
Education
Don’t Forget to Breathe
By James Prescott-Kerr When you’re abroad and know you have limited time in ...
