History has a pattern that almost nobody wants to acknowledge. When a rising power challenges a ruling one, the result is war, not always, but in twelve out of sixteen cases over the last five hundred years. Graham Allison gave this pattern a name. And in doing so, he reframed the most…
March 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Western allies clashed with Russia and China on Thursday over Iran’s nuclear intentions, as Washington sought at the United Nations to further justify the war it launched on Iran two weeks ago. At a meeting of the 15-member U.N. Security Council, which is chaired this month by the…
VIENNA, March 5 (Reuters) – The United States joined Russia, China, and Niger on Thursday in opposing a resolution adopted by the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board denouncing attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as a threat to nuclear safety, diplomats said. The resolution, passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors, is the…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Some Palestinians say they fear the widening war sparked by U.S. and Israeli attacks against Iran could overshadow the fragile situation in Gaza, just over a week after U.S. President Donald Trump rallied billions of dollars in pledges for the territory’s reconstruction and tried to nudge a ceasefire forward….
Within hours of the expiration last week of the final arms control treaty between Moscow and Washington, the State Department sent its top arms diplomat, Thomas G. DiNanno, to Geneva to lay out Washington’s vision for the future. His public address envisioned a future filled with waves of nuclear arms buildups and test detonations. The…
Mainland China’s and Hong Kong’s birth rates fell to record lows last year, despite extensive government incentives to encourage larger families. In Hong Kong, registered births fell 14 per cent to a historic low of 31,714 in 2025. Notably, the increase in births in 2024 may have been due to the auspicious Year of the…
One of the key highlights of US President Donald Trump’s White House press briefing to mark one year of his second term in office on Tuesday (US time) has been to position himself as a world leader who prevented eight wars in 10 months. And for each war, he said, he deserves the Nobel Prize….
With invitations extending to multiple countries, US President Donald Trump is leaving no stone unturned in his outreach for the ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza. Despite his efforts, French President Emmanuel Macron has reportedly made up his mind to decline the invite. US President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval…
David Webb, the corporate governance activist renowned for his free public database and his explosive “Enigma Network” exposé that rocked the Hong Kong stock exchange, has died aged 60 of metastatic prostate cancer. A notice posted on one of his social media accounts confirmed his death on Tuesday. He is survived by his wife and…
Today’s ESG Updates China Limits Grid Exports for New Industrial Solar & Wind: China is encouraging companies to store green energy. UN Warns that US Climate Exit Will Harm Economy and Jobs: UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell said this decision will backfire on the U.S. UK Firms Lower Wage Expectations, But Inflation Outlook Remains Steady:…