4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (877+ words) Energy security is a top priority globally, as governments grapple with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, an accelerating clean energy transition and surging power demand from AI data centers. The problem is especially acute for Asia and the…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (789+ words) Israeli Prime Minister'Benjamin Netanyahu'is facing perhaps the most precarious moment of his political career. He knows it. His allies know it. And his rivals " both within his coalition and across Israel's political spectrum " are preparing to capitalize on his growing…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1342+ words) When Ashik Chowdhury, the executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, was recently asked about Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's upcoming trip to China, his response caught the room off guard. "Many issues will come up," Chowdhury remarked, "starting with…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (333+ words) Attacks followed US VP Vance's complaint about Israeli leadership's tendency to bomb during talks' critical stages US and Iranian delegations delayed plans to travel to'Switzerland'on Friday for the opening round of talks to cement the details of a peace agreement…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (924+ words) Wasians" are having a moment right now. Think of Winter Olympians Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu, singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo, actors Lola Tang (The Summer I Turned Pretty) and Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry), or singer/dancer Megan Skiendiel from Katseye. In…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1144+ words) The US's airpower edge faces a growing paradox: the F-35 is indispensable for a war over Taiwan, yet increasingly unavailable for such a fight. This month, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that persistent supply chain bottlenecks and flawed contractor…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (97+ words) Indo-Pacific Name Change Asia Times Keep independent journalism alive The Pentagon's decision to restore the designation US Pacific Command (USPACOM), replacing the Indo-Pacific Command name adopted in 2018, has officially been presented as a historical adjustment rather than a strategic shift....

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (96+ words) US-India Defense Asia Times Keep independent journalism alive The Pentagon's decision to restore the designation US Pacific Command (USPACOM), replacing the Indo-Pacific Command name adopted in 2018, has officially been presented as a historical adjustment rather than a strategic shift. According…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1814+ words) About three years ago, someone asked me why, with my physics undergrad background and a Ph D in economics, I had decided to become a professional blogger. I told him that blogging seemed like the highest-leverage thing I could do,…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (145+ words) Asia Times Japan builds its own AI future as US tightens control Scott Foster reports that Trump's restrictions on Anthropic AI models have reinforced doubts about Japan's reliance on US technology, pushing Tokyo to pursue a dual strategy of cooperating…...