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The Shanghai Composite Index is down 20% year-to-date. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Russia, Shanghai, World

Regime crises spread like winter flu

by David P. Goldman December 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Protesters wearing yellow vests (gilets jaunes) demonstrate against rising costs of living on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on December 8, 2018. Photo: Lucas Barioulet / AFP

China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

European disarray looks doomed to continue

by Richard N. Haass December 16, 2018

Russia sent the Tu-22M Backfire strategic bomber to Venezuela. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, European Union, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

How Russian provocation backfired in the Caribbean

by Stephen Bryen December 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's nuclear power export business has been ravaged by the Fukushima power plant disaster. Photo: AFP / Yomiuri Shimbun

France, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Sun setting on Japan’s nuclear export sector

by Todd Crowell December 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Kerch Harbor in the Russian controlled Sea of Azoz. Photo: Asia Times

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An historical journey into Crimea

by Pepe Escobar December 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Filipino students bagged 33 medals in an international mathematics competition in India. Photo: Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Middle East, Nepal, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

Filipino students win 33 awards at maths competition

by Asia Times staff December 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Trucks operate in the open-pit mine of PT Freeport's Grasberg copper and gold mine complex near Timika, in the eastern region of Papua, Indonesia Photo: Reuters / Muhammad Adimaja /Antara Foto

AT Finance, Indonesia, Russia, World

Indonesia’s mining industry headed nowhere fast

by John McBeth December 14, 2018February 18, 2020

The past year saw the emergence of several declared rivals to Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani s rule but the 38-year-old remains in power and was confident enough to launch his first cabinet reshuffle in November. Photo: AFP/Mehdi Taamallah/NurPhoto

Bahrain, France, Iran, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Qatar, asserting independence, to leave OPEC in 2019

by Jonathan Gorvett December 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari at the end of a joint press conference following their meeting in Moscow on October 23, 2017. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP

Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

New government in Iraq courts Russian embrace

by Sami Moubayed December 13, 2018February 18, 2020

A tandem version of the J-15 fighter is spotted in a news program aired by the state broadcaster. Photo: CCTV screen grab

China, Russia, World

PLA seen operating tandem variant of the J-15 fighter

by Asia Times staff December 13, 2018February 18, 2020

People take pictures of the first freight train from Shenzhen to Minsk, capital of Belarus, that set out of Yantian Port in Shenzhen in May 2017. Photo: Reuters / stringer

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, World

How the New Silk Roads are merging into Greater Eurasia

by Pepe Escobar December 13, 2018February 18, 2020

AT Finance, China, Egypt, India, Israel, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Why it’s so hard to be economically independent from the West

by Justin Podur December 13, 2018

The Pacific Missile Range Facility in Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, where the interceptor was fired from. Photo: AFP/US Navy

Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

US tests system capable to knocking out Korean missiles

by Bertil Lintner December 13, 2018February 18, 2020

A tank unit of the Ground Self-Defence Force (GSDF) takes part in a military review at the GSDF Asaka training ground in Asaka, Saitama prefecture on October 14, 2018. - Some 4,000 personnel, 260 vehicles and 40 aircraft took part in the military parade. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Eyeing China, Japan is finally bulking up its military

by Richard A. Bitzinger December 13, 2018

The land-based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptor is one of the alternatives being discussed. Photo: AFP/Missile Defense Agency

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Japan, US silent over ending ballistic missile patrols

by Peter J. Brown December 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino gives his thumb up as he sits on the cockpit of a Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic long-range heavy supersonic bomber after it landed at Maiquetia International Airport, just north of Caracas. Photo: AFP/Frederico Parra

US, Russia trade barbs over bomber deployment to Venezuela

by Asia Times staff December 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Meng Wanzhou, deputy president and CFO of Huawei, was arrested in Canada early this month. Photo: Handout

China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Mexico, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Meng arrest a huge provocation to China

by Jeffrey D. Sachs December 11, 2018December 11, 2018

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is unpopular and his support has dwindled. Photo: AFP/Mykola Lazarenko

AT Finance, European Union, Russia, South Asia, World

Election loss looms for Ukraine’s embattled president

by Giovanni Pigni December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

The secure crypto storage JV is between Gazprom's banking division Gazprombank and fintech firm Avaloq and crypto custody specialist Metaco. Photo: AFP

Gazprombank enters secure crypto storage sector

by Luke Thompson December 10, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump, with National Security Advisor John Bolton (R) and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly (L). Neither Trump nor and Bolton are known to be keen on arms treaties. Photo: AFP/Lars Hagberg

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

The China agenda behind Trump leaving the INF treaty

by Richard A. Bitzinger December 10, 2018

A Russian S-300 air defense system launches a missile. Photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov

China, European Union, France, Russia, World

Russia overtakes Britain in global arms trade rankings

by Asia Times staff December 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

France, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Syrian forces fire on ‘hostile aerial targets’ near airport

by Asia Times staff December 10, 2018February 18, 2020

A South Korean Navy team prepares to move a North Korean mini-submarine which ran aground in September 1996. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, China, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Popularity of mini-submarines resurfaces

by Stephen Bryen December 9, 2018February 18, 2020

An Iranian trader counts money in Tehran's Grand Bazaar. Photo: Reuters/Raheb Homavandi

AT Finance, China, Cyprus, France, Iran, Italy, Middle East, Russia, Thailand, World

Friday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

US president John F Kennedy at Rice University in Houston on September 12, 1962. Photo: Wikipedia

China, India, Iran, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

The American crisis in science and engineering

by Edward R Dougherty December 7, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress over the company's use and protection of user data in Washington on April 11, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Leah Millis

European Union, Germany, Russia, World

Is fake news here to stay?

by Joseph S. Nye December 7, 2018

Director of the White House National Trade Council Peter Navarro. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, World

Trump’s trade czar, the latest architect of imperial disaster

by Alfred McCoy December 7, 2018

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Photo: Sana / Handout via Reuters

France, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Syrian president announces $9bn national budget for 2019

by Asia Times staff December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Image: iStock

France, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, World

Riyadh ‘not confident’ OPEC members can agree on cuts

by Asia Times staff December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Global warming must be addressed before it is too late, envoys at COP24 were told on Sunday. Image: iStock

China, India, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

How will oil producers meet the challenge of climate change?

by Robin Mills December 6, 2018