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at 7/26/24 9:32pmThe full consequences of Joe Biden’s seismic decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race will take some time to be felt. One immediately apparent outcome is the change of election dynamic that comes with a presumptive nominee who ticks a range of different identity boxes including gender, age and ethnicity. Importantly, the big question [] The post Can Kamala sway the swing states? appeared first on Asia Times.- — Israel-Hezbollah teeter toward regional conflagration
- at 7/26/24 6:18amThe Middle East is on the brink of a possibly devastating regional war, with hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah reaching an extremely dangerous level. Washington has engaged in intense diplomacy to persuade the protagonists to pull back from the brink. But US efforts have not paid off so far, given its lack of sufficient leverage [] The post Israel-Hezbollah teeter toward regional conflagration appeared first on Asia Times.
- — China quietly taking the lead in climate diplomacy
- at 7/26/24 2:24amSeven years seems a lifetime in politics. In 2017, President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. It prompted Canada, China and the European Union to convene an urgent meeting to reaffirm political commitment to global climate action. The successful meeting became an annual event which, this week, took place [] The post China quietly taking the lead in climate diplomacy appeared first on Asia Times.
- — India-China warming pops US pipe dream
- at 7/25/24 11:26pmIndia’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 25 endorsed her economic advisor’s proposal to open the country to direct investment from China, effectively frozen since the Sino-Indian border clashes of 2020. Earlier this week, Reuters reported, “Indias Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran said…that to boost its global exports New Delhi can either integrate into [] The post India-China warming pops US pipe dream appeared first on Asia Times.
- — No need for an Asian NATO to counter China
- at 7/25/24 10:09pmThis article was originally published by Pacific Forum, a Honolulu-based foreign policy research institute founded in 1975. It is republished with permission. NATO heads of state gathered in Washington last week for the alliance’s 75th anniversary summit. While summit deliverables were predictable, China had a surprisingly central role in summit deliberations. The Asian superpower was [] The post No need for an Asian NATO to counter China appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?
- at 7/25/24 8:51pmIt is a fairly universal truth of journalism that if an article has a question mark in its headline it indicates that the author does not know the answer. As an editor, I often found this tendency maddening, though not always avoidable. In the case of making judgments about an American presidential election that is [] The post Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? appeared first on Asia Times.
- — US targets Hong Kong chip transshipments to Russia
- at 7/25/24 5:47pmUnited States officials, lawmakers and non-profit organizations have called for sanctioning Hong Kong firms and banks after NATO on July 11 condemned Beijing’s support of the Russian defense sector. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to make a complaint, during a meeting in Laos with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, over Russian shipments. He [] The post US targets Hong Kong chip transshipments to Russia appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Anti-colonial call to cancel US RIMPAC naval exercises
- at 7/25/24 5:21pmSince the last week in June, navies and naval assets from 29 countries have been taking part in the world’s largest naval exercises. The US-led RIMPAC 2024 (Exercise Rim of the Pacific), the 29th such exercise to be held since 1971, claims to promote “a free and open Indo-Pacific.” But many of the Indigenous peoples [] The post Anti-colonial call to cancel US RIMPAC naval exercises appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Why the ‘Trump trade’ has Asia in a panic
- at 7/25/24 3:58amTOKYO — Suffice to say, 2024 hasn’t turned out the way Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expected. Rather than being a standout in Asia, Japan’s economy is skirting recession. TheBank of Japanstill hasn’t hiked interest rates, though Tokyo had fully expected a tightening move or two by now. Instead of coasting to victory in September’s [] The post Why the Trump trade has Asia in a panic appeared first on Asia Times.
- — UK pulls the throttle on Tempest next-gen fighter
- at 7/25/24 2:14amThe UK has started building its first sixth-generation fighter demonstrator, aiming to field a next-gen combat aircraft by 2035. The UK is steaming ahead with the program despite cost issues with similar fighter projects and questions of strategic value in the evolving air power space. This month, the UK Defense Journal reported that the UK’s [] The post UK pulls the throttle on Tempest next-gen fighter appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Israeli democracy as a Gaza war casualty
- at 7/24/24 11:59pmAs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to address a joint session of US Congress on July 24, 2024, the nation he leads continues its slide away from democracy. Even before Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, the country was engulfed by an intense debate over government-led reforms aimed at limiting judicial power, which [] The post Israeli democracy as a Gaza war casualty appeared first on Asia Times.
- — North Korea is winning its youth information war
- at 7/24/24 9:49pmThe outside world has been presented with two contradictory images of North Korea’s younger generation. In the outside media, youth are portrayed as rebellious and radical, ignoring the Kim regime’s increasingly harsh crackdowns on foreign media and trends, and instead toting the latest South Korean fashion trends and adopting South Korean lingo. Meanwhile, state propaganda [] The post North Korea is winning its youth information war appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Australia’s ANZ faces fire for alleged market manipulation
- at 7/24/24 9:31pmANZ is being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) amid serious allegations the bank manipulated markets when it facilitated a A$14 billion (US$9.2 billion) sale of government bonds in April last year. ASIC has now publicly stated it suspects ANZ broke the law. Speaking to the Australian Financial Review on Tuesday, ASIC [] The post Australias ANZ faces fire for alleged market manipulation appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Harris has decidedly different view on Gaza than Biden
- at 7/24/24 8:50pmBenjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington has placed the political spotlight on divisions within the Democratic Party over the war in Gaza. After Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, the presumptive Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, inherits a politically thorny issue. It’s an issue that has plagued the president since the Hamas attacks in October 2023. [] The post Harris has decidedly different view on Gaza than Biden appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Harris’s ‘brat’ summer: How memes can juice a campaign
- at 7/24/24 6:49pmWhen Kamala Harris was confirmed as the new Democratic party nominee, a host of celebrities rushed to endorse her – but one has garnered significantly more attention than the others. Singer Charli XCX endorsed Harris in her signature minimalist way by posting “kamala IS brat” on X. The post went viral almost instantly, with millions [] The post Harris’s ‘brat summer: How memes can juice a campaign appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Long Covid puzzle pieces reveal an unsettling picture
- at 7/24/24 5:36amSince 2020, the condition known as long Covid-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the workforce. The intense scientific effort that long Covid sparked has resulted [] The post Long Covid puzzle pieces reveal an unsettling picture appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Why is US manufacturing so unproductive?
- at 7/24/24 4:23amThroughout the 2010s, many people – including myself – treated it as a truism that manufacturing industries have faster productivity growth than service industries. Historically that was true, and the reason wasn’t hard to grasp – machines improve faster than human beings do, so industries that depended on better machines naturally tended to advance faster [] The post Why is US manufacturing so unproductive? appeared first on Asia Times.
- — FraudGPT, WormGPT and the rise of dark LLMs
- at 7/24/24 1:16amThe internet, a vast and indispensable resource for modern society, has a darker side where malicious activities thrive. From identity theft to sophisticated malware attacks, cybercriminals keep coming up with new scam methods. Widely available generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools have now added a new layer of complexity to the cyber security landscape. Staying on [] The post FraudGPT, WormGPT and the rise of dark LLMs appeared first on Asia Times.
- — US boosts B-2 bombers amid B-21 production delays
- at 7/24/24 12:46amThe US has upgraded its legacy B-2 Spirit stealth bombers with cutting-edge software, slashing update times and supercharging combat readiness against near-peer adversaries. The move comes amid potential production shortfalls in the next-generation B-21 Raider stealth bomber program under development for the US Air Force by private contractor Northrop Grumman. This month, Air Space [] The post US boosts B-2 bombers amid B-21 production delays appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Malaysia-Philippines diverge on China in South China Sea
- at 7/23/24 8:22pmAt the recent 37th Asia-Pacific Roundtable in Kuala Lumpur, differences between Southeast Asian nations on the South China Sea issue played out across panels, speeches and off-the-cuff comments, even as delegates discussed regional cooperation opportunities and ASEAN centrality in an environment of worsening great power tensions. Malaysia’s National Security Council director-general Raja Dato Nushirwan Zainal Abidin [] The post Malaysia-Philippines diverge on China in South China Sea appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Netanyahu visit heightens US election drama
- at 7/23/24 7:59pmIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, where he will try to navigate the political minefield of a heated US presidential election campaign where all sides want to exploit the Gaza war to their own advantage. Netanyahu will kick off his US schedule Wednesday (July 24) with a speech to the US Congress. He [] The post Netanyahu visit heightens US election drama appeared first on Asia Times.
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