Trumpian purge
US President Donald Trump’s moves are likely to fuel greater racism and xenophobia in the US.
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Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Trump 2.0
US President Donald Trump hates US trade deficits, loves US tariffs and is mostly indifferent, if not hostile, toward multilateral arrangements including ASEAN.
China’s DeepSeek surpasses ChatGPT in US app downloads
Aside from matching OpenAI o1 in performance, the release of DeepSeek-R1 sent shockwaves through the US tech industry because it is fully open-source and achieved this…
Japan’s Nissan Motor to cut nearly 2,000 jobs in US plants; to reduce US production by about 25%
Management integration negotiations between Nissan and Honda Motor Co. are being held on the precondition that Nissan implements business restructuring, so Nissan aims to make…
High-level Sino-US talks continue
This first phone call between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio touched upon key, sensitive topics such as Taiwan, according to a news release by the…
Trump 2.0 set to repeat history of unpredictability
Generally, two possible diplomatic approaches to dealing with unpredictability are minimising it and making oneself unpredictable.
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Eos exclusively presents excerpts from Omar Shahid Hamid’s latest novel, The Election, recently published by Liberty Publishing.
North Korea fires 1st missile since US President Trump’s inauguration
Pyongyang's decision to test-fire a strategic weapon despite Mr. Trump's expression of interest in renewing talks with the North Korean leader is the reclusive nation's "typical…
Why US President Trump’s proposal on Palestinian displacement from Gaza rings alarm bells
Mr. Trump's suggestion to Egypt, Jordan to take in more Gaza residents heightens fears among Palestinians of being forcibly displaced in yet another "Nakba."
Japan may sit out meeting on treaty to ban nuclear weapons
As the security environment surrounding Japan is becoming increasingly severe, PM Ishiba concluded it would be appropriate to take a pragmatic approach based on the importance of…