China Asia Economy
Fog of war: Myanmar’s armed conflict is not a stalemate
Amid the last torrential storms of the 2023 monsoon, the fog of war is thickenin...
ASEAN joint military drills pointed daintily at China
The ASEAN Solidarity Exercise in Natuna 2023 (ASEX-01N), hosted by Indonesia in ...
Germany to seize Japan’s third-biggest economy crown
TOKYO – Thirteen years on, the Japanese still haven’t quite gotten over China su...
On Turkey’s stance on Hamas, Biden risks another double...
In the shadow of Hamas’ attack on Israel, there is a widespread perception that ...
Fusion Diary: Inside Britain’s race to fusion
This is the first installment in Asia Times’ Science Editor Jonathan Tennenbaum’...
Downstream tests for China’s EV supply chains
In March 2023, the Iranian government claimed to have discovered a massive lithi...
US Iraq and Syria bases lack effective air defenses
For years I have complained that vulnerable American bases in Iraq and Syria lac...
India’s rice export ban deserves a global response
Much criticism has been leveled against India’s July 2023 decision to “ban” non-...
Polarization jumps on Gaza War
Quantitative and Qualitative Polarization Trends David Woo and David Goldman ...
Hamas was unpopular in Gaza… then it attacked Israel
Amid the escalation of the Israel-Hamas war, observers in the region and interna...
The quantum computing age has arrived
In June, an IBM computing executive claimed quantum computers were entering the ...
Battle for Avdiivka could decide the Ukraine war
While the world is focused on Israel and the Gaza war, the war in Ukraine grinds...
Philippines in historic US-backed military base expansion
MANILA – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is overseeing a historic expan...
Evergrande bankruptcy fears spark a bank run in China
One of heavily indebted Chinese property developer Evergrande’s local lenders di...
Could Israel shock waves hit Taiwan?
TAIPEI – Israel’s response to the devastating incursion perpetrated by Palestini...
Arundhati Roy tangled up in India’s new tyranny
Booker Prize-winning writer Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things, ha...
