- — Reagan advisor Norman Bailey, a victor in the Cold War, dies at 95
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at 8/26/26 7:37amDr. Norman A. Bailey passed away after a long illness on August 18 in Greensboro, NC. He was 95. A distinguished public servant and teacher, Bailey played a leading role in the Reagan administration’s strategy to defeat the Soviet Union in the Cold War. Standard histories of the period fail to capture the almost unimaginable [] The post Reagan advisor Norman Bailey, a victor in the Cold War, dies at 95 appeared first on Asia Times.- — Myanmar’s junta building a sanctions-busting axis of impunity
- at 8/26/26 7:07amWhen Myanmar’s military bombed a Buddhist monastery during a meditation retreat this month, reportedly killing at least 14 people, most of them elderly civilians, it should have reinforced a basic conclusion: the junta cannot be treated as a normal governing entity. Coinciding with the carnage, coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has traveled through [] The post Myanmar’s junta building a sanctions-busting axis of impunity appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Yen trap hiding behind Japan’s spectacular stock rally
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at 8/26/26 6:28amThe Nikkei closed at 66,016 yen last week and is up 31.14% this year, one of the best runs on the planet. Now, fund managers are lining up to tell investors how right they were to hold Japanese equities. Every time, I ask the same question back. Up 31% in what currency, and against whose [] The post Yen trap hiding behind Japans spectacular stock rally appeared first on Asia Times. - — Zelensky’s other war: Ukraine’s endless struggle with corruption
- at 8/26/26 1:28amUkraine celebrated this year’s independence day on August 24 in the presence of key allies and amid the unfolding of another major corruption scandal. It all started when Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s defense minister until his dismissal as part of a government reshuffle last month, posted a nine-minute video on August 19 that was widely seen [] The post Zelenskys other war: Ukraines endless struggle with corruption appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Bessent’s bond gambit echoes Japan’s decades-long debt trap
- at 8/26/26 12:59amNEW YORK — The moment the US debt crossed US$40 trillion, it stopped being a number and became a gravitational force — one powerful enough to bend Asia’s bond markets, currencies and policy priorities. Officials in Tokyo know this better than anyone. After decades of wrestling with its own debt‑heavy equilibrium, Japan offers a preview [] The post Bessents bond gambit echoes Japans decades-long debt trap appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Mark Carney shows the world how to bite back at Trump’s tariffs
- at 8/26/26 12:18amCanadian Prime Minister Carney has announced the suspension of Canada-United States trade talks, citing “last-minute changes” made by American negotiators that “were unfair, uneconomic and called into question the reliability of any deal.” Within hours, President Donald Trump’s new Section 338 tariffs, targeting US$28 billion in Canadian goods, took effect. Early estimates project that the [] The post Mark Carney shows the world how to bite back at Trumps tariffs appeared first on Asia Times.
- — S Korea’s AI economy can’t compete with China through conformity
- at 8/25/26 11:59pmSouth Korea is betting extraordinary sums on artificial intelligence. President Lee Jae-myung has backed an 800 trillion won (US$578 billion) semiconductor expansion involving Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, promoted a new chip hub in the country’s southwest and joined Korean and US technology companies in AI initiatives valued at hundreds of billions of dollars. South [] The post S Korea’s AI economy cant compete with China through conformity appeared first on Asia Times.
- — India-France eye a mutually convenient next-gen fighter deal
- at 8/25/26 11:30pmIndias interest in joining the French-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program reflects a convergence of strategic necessity, where India needs a credible path to next-generation airpower, while France needs a financially and industrially viable partner to sustain its sixth-generation fighter ambitions. This month, India formally began exploring participation in FCAS, according to disclosures by [] The post India-France eye a mutually convenient next-gen fighter deal appeared first on Asia Times.
- — The politics roiling Japan’s $2 trillion national pension fund
- at 8/25/26 11:02pmJapan’s national pension fund and its pension system in general face serious challenges that have recently been aggravated by an attempt to politicize the allocation of investments meant to secure the long-term welfare of the nation’s citizens. Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama ignited a trading frenzy and heated debate on July 10, when she said, [] The post The politics roiling Japans $2 trillion national pension fund appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Sanctions without exit strategies are fracturing the global economy
- at 8/25/26 10:03pmWars in the 21st century arent fought only with missiles and soldiers anymore. Increasingly, theyre fought through banking systems, shipping lanes, semiconductor controls and currency clearing networks. The battlefield has quietly expanded from territory to economic architecture. And whats happened so far in 2026 suggests that architecture is now splitting into two. Sanctions have long [] The post Sanctions without exit strategies are fracturing the global economy appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Trump 2.0 and the unraveling global order
- at 8/25/26 9:17pmFor decades, the assumption underpinning global politics was simple: American power, however imperfect, anchored the system. Allies might occasionally foster frustrations surrounding US unilateralism but stayed close to Washington because the alternative, a world without a clear anchor, seemed riskier. That assumption is now being tested in real time, and the evidence suggests it may [] The post Trump 2.0 and the unraveling global order appeared first on Asia Times.
- — China-Indonesia deals raise eyebrows over hidden costs
- at 8/25/26 6:47amChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Jakarta from August 20 to 22, where he launched a new Comprehensive Strategic Dialogue, initiated a second round of the 2+2 dialogue between foreign and defense ministers, and held a separate meeting with Indonesias top economic official, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. News coverage of the diplomatic whirlwind was mostly [] The post China-Indonesia deals raise eyebrows over hidden costs appeared first on Asia Times.
- — US-Vietnam strategic partnership faces intellectual property test
- at 8/25/26 6:04amA widening dispute over intellectual property protection may soon test whether the US-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is more than a mere diplomatic label. The Office of the US Trade Representative opened a Section 301 investigation into Vietnam in May after designating the country a Priority Foreign Country in its 2026 Special 301 Report, the most [] The post US-Vietnam strategic partnership faces intellectual property test appeared first on Asia Times.
- — The real roots of America’s mass resentment
- at 8/25/26 1:40amIt’s hardly news that Americans are not happy with the state of their nation. Confidence in the country’s direction crashed hard during the Bush years and never recovered. But what’s notable about more recent years is Americans’ increasing dissatisfaction with their personal lives: [1] This decline looks pretty mild, but other numbers tell an even starker story. For example, [] The post The real roots of Americas mass resentment appeared first on Asia Times.
- — China’s YJ-20 hypersonic missile tilting Pacific’s naval balance
- at 8/25/26 1:04amFootage broadcast by Chinese state television in July showed a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile fired from the vertical launch system of a Type 052D destroyer, marking a quiet but significant shift in the regions naval balance. Until now, the YJ-20 was thought to be reserved for Chinas 12,000-ton Type 055 super destroyers, its most [] The post Chinas YJ-20 hypersonic missile tilting Pacifics naval balance appeared first on Asia Times.
- — New US ‘Malice’ missile aims at China’s carrier kill chain
- at 8/24/26 10:40pmThe US Navys new AIM-424 Malice missile could push carrier defense back into the outer air battle, where destroying the aircraft and networks enabling Chinas long-range strikes may matter more than intercepting the missiles themselves. The US Navy has officially unveiled the AIM-424, a next-generation Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile (LRAAM) engineered by Raytheon to neutralize Chinese [] The post New US Malice missile aims at Chinas carrier kill chain appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Nokia China exit deepens telecom split as Nvidia bets on 6G AI
- at 8/24/26 8:35pmFinnish telecom equipment maker Nokia is walking away from mainland China after two decades of building out its networks there, closing nearly every remaining site by year-end in the clearest sign yet that Europe and China are severing their telecom supply lines. Nokia is closing its research and development site in Hangzhou, cutting about 1,600 [] The post Nokia China exit deepens telecom split as Nvidia bets on 6G AI appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Join new Iran sanctions or leave the dollar system: Bessent
- at 8/24/26 8:07pmWith theUnited Statesunable to militarily defeat Iran in President Donald Trump’s illegal US-Israeli war of choice, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday escalated the administration’s economic attacks onTehran, warning countries and companies around the world that continuing to do business with the nation could expose them to punitivesanctions. “Let there be no ambiguity as to [] The post Join new Iran sanctions or leave the dollar system: Bessent appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Nuclear war: still a possibility?
- at 8/24/26 2:08pmIn 1991 President George H.W. Bush announced unilateral, sweeping reductions in US tactical nuclear forces. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was supposed to take parallel steps, but he hardly got the chance as the Soviet Union disintegrated. Now, 35 years later, the Pentagon is nervous that Russia might use nuclear weapons in Ukraine or attack NATO. In June, 2023 [] The post Nuclear war: still a possibility? appeared first on Asia Times.
- — China Moon mission to find water ice: unlike anything NASA’s done
- at 8/24/26 12:23amHow do you explore a place where the Sun never shines? China’s space program will soon embark on one of the most innovative lunar exploration missions in recent years. We’ve known for nearly two decades that some form of water exists on the Moon. What we still don’t know is exactly how much accessible water [] The post China Moon mission to find water ice: unlike anything NASAs done appeared first on Asia Times.
- — Software firm designed medicines, overcoming skull’s limitations
- at 8/23/26 10:52pmAnthropic has just published the results of a protein design campaign. Fifteen targets, a written brief and an instruction to design small proteins that latch onto them. The model succeeded against fourteen. Between 22.6% and 35.1% of its designs bound when two independent laboratories built and physically tested them, compared with a field norm of [] The post Software firm designed medicines, overcoming skulls limitations appeared first on Asia Times.
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