Five emerging themes for the Indo-Pacific from Trump’s Iran war
Now that Islamabad talks have failed, nuclear proliferation in Northeast Asia tops the list of what to watch out for
Hungarian voters end 16 straight years of Orban’s far-right rule
Winner Peter Magyar had promised that ‘we are taking back our homeland and building a new country, a sovereign, modern, European Hungary’
Trump announces closure of Hormuz Strait as Iran talks falter
Commentator: ‘Trump wants to open the Strait of Hormuz by closing the Strait of Hormuz’
Iran has weakened US in the great power game
China and Russia look on as Trump’s war undercuts US influence, finance and leadership
China’s Middle East billions still woefully reliant on US gunboats
China let Washington bear the Gulf’s security costs for decades; the Hormuz crisis shows that arrangement is no longer viable


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