By Dr. Sinem Cengiz Since 2015, US support for the Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria has bedeviled relations between Washington and Ankara. Regardless of which administration occupies the White House, this issue has continued to plague Turkish-American relations. Ankara has long maintained that successive US administrations have disregarded the security concerns of a NATO ally, […]
Read MoreTAIPEI: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Friday offered talks with Ukraine to crack down on sanctions-busting after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky name-checked the island as a source of illicit missile components. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, semiconductor powerhouse Taiwan has successively updated export controls to stop high-tech goods being used for military purposes, and […]
Read MoreThe world has become “dangerously dependent” on the American stock market, and a correction could trigger global economic fallout far worse than the dotcom crash, former IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath has warned. In an opinion piece published in The Economist, Gopinath argues that both US and international investors have become deeply exposed to American […]
Read MoreANTANANARIVO: Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday dissolved the national assembly, pre-empting an opposition-led vote to force him out of office over the island nation’s spiraling political crisis. Rajoelina has faced over two weeks of deadly street clashes, led largely by young demonstrators furious with the ruling elite, forcing the 51-year-old leader into hiding. The […]
Read MoreBy Timur Serikuly Central Asia is undergoing a profound transformation, where questions of domestic development and the region’s ability to act in a coordinated way are coming to the forefront. For many years, Central Asian states were viewed as fragmented, each pursuing separate strategies that often put them in competition. Today, however, shared challenges and growing […]
Read MoreMadagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina dissolved his government on Monday following days of deadly unrest which the United Nations says left at least 22 people dead. “I have decided to terminate the functions of the Prime Minister and the government,” Rajoelina said in a televised national address. He said that Prime Minister Christian Ntsay and other […]
Read MoreA planned visit by US trade negotiators to New Delhi from August 25-29 has been canceled, delaying talks on a proposed bilateral trade agreement, Indian business and financial news network NDTV Profit reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. The current round of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement is now likely […]
Read MoreUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Berlin today (13 August) for a German-hosted virtual meeting with Donald Trump and European leaders, two days before the US president meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Europe’s leaders are trying to drive home the perils of selling out Kyiv’s interests at the first US-Russia summit since 2021. Trump […]
Read MoreNew Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Wednesday that Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu had “lost the plot” as the country weighs up whether to recognize a Palestinian state. Luxon told reporters that the lack of humanitarian assistance, the forceful displacement of people and the annexation of Gaza were utterly appalling and that Netanyahu had […]
Read MoreSome of Asia’s richest families are cutting exposure to US assets, saying President Donald Trump’s tariffs have made the world’s largest economy much less predictable. One family office managing assets for Chinese billionaires exited its US holdings entirely and will shift the proceeds to Asia. A senior executive at one of Europe’s largest private banks […]
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