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Then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte raising a clenched fist during his campaign sortie in Lingayen, Pangasinan, north of Manila. Photo: AFP/Noel Celis

AT Finance, European Union, Philippines, World

Duterte’s defiance imperils European trade

by Jason Castaneda April 24, 2018February 18, 2020

The Caspian Sea is an important hub in a Eurasia-wide system of gas pipelines and trade corridors.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Caspian games: Central Asian ‘stans’ vie for connectivity market

by Pepe Escobar April 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Flags of Italy and the European Union. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Italian politics and the future of Europe

by Jeffrey D. Sachs April 9, 2018April 9, 2018

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi stands next to national flags of Australia and Myanmar at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 19, 2018. Photo: AAP via Reuters/Mick Tsikas

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

How the West won and lost Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson March 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers collect oil palm fruits at Felda Sungai Tengi Selatan plantation in Sungai Tengi, Malaysia, June 22, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo

AT Finance, European Union, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Europe-Asia trade war looms over palm oil

by Nile Bowie March 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Sam Rainsy, then president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, speaks to his supporters upon his arrival in Phnom Penh on 19, July 2014. Photo: AFP/Kimlong Meng/NurPhoto

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, European Union, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, World

Cambodia exiles bid to buy influence in Washington

by David Hutt March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Intercontinental ballistic missiles at a military parade celebrating the 70th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

Australia, European Union, Germany, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Nordic warm-up for possible US-North Korea talks

by Emanuele Scimia March 20, 2018

Global tactical and strategy concept, world globe with chess pieces. Image: iStock The source of the map - http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=57730

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

EU-Asean trade: A counterbalance to US and China

by Emanuele Scimia March 8, 2018March 8, 2018

Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio. Photo: Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi

European Union, Germany, Italy, World

The Italian Job: ‘unlikely’ alliance could become reality

by Pepe Escobar March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

A mosaic of The Beatles at the Hard Rock Hotel in Penang. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, World

Why splashing the cash can’t buy China love

by Gordon Watts February 28, 2018February 18, 2020

An oil production platform in Iran's Soroush oil fields. Photo: Reuters / Raheb Homavandi

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

In a blow to Trump, Europe seeks gas supplies from Iran

by Emanuele Scimia February 23, 2018

Kangaroo behind fence. Photo: Flickr Commons

Australia, European Union, India, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, World

Australia touts free trade while chasing protectionism

by Giovanni Di Lieto February 21, 2018February 21, 2018

Technological advancements have simultaneously broken down global borders and caused new areas of conflict. Image: iStock/Getty Images

European Union, Israel, Middle East, Turkey, World

The power of dialogue in a disrupted world

by Klaus Schwab February 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Swedish defense contractor Saab is reportedly in pole position to secure a deal to sell its Gripen fighter aircraft to the Philippine Air Force. Photo: Oleg V Belyakov / AirTeamImages /
Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

US, Europe and the geopolitics of aircraft sales in Asia

by Emanuele Scimia February 14, 2018

An Aadhaar government identification card. Photo: iStock

European Union, India, New Zealand, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, World

Robust economic argument for a sound Indian data protection law

by Amber Sinha February 14, 2018

Illustration: iStock

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

Belt and Road and the battle for global investment standards

by Emanuele Scimia February 6, 2018

A bar in Tokyo where customers can pay with NEM digital tokens. The Coincheck exchange lost NEMs worth more than $530 million in a hack in January 2018. Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Blockchain good, cryptocurrencies bad. How true?

by Richard Cook February 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A worker unloads palm fruit at a plantation in Peat Jaya in Jambi province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Photo: Reuters/ Wahyu Putro

AT Finance, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Asia, Thailand, World

Thai palm oil growers hope price slump is only short-term

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev shake hands in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

China, European Union, Russia, Shanghai, World

Investor standoff sullies Nazarbayev’s international splash

by Gary Kleiman January 26, 2018

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz and SPD parliamentary group leader Andrea Nahles attend the SPD's one-day party congress in Bonn, Germany, January 21, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay

European Union, Germany, World

German political left goes under

by Asia Times staff January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Photo: Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

European Union, Germany, World

While Germany slept, the world moved on

by Helmut Anheier January 20, 2018

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Post-Arab Spring Europe goes against Trump’s Iran-bashing

by Emanuele Scimia January 17, 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz. Photo: Reuters / Hannibal Hanschke

European Union, Germany, World

Germany’s grand coalition reboot facing fresh doubts

by Asia Times staff January 15, 2018February 18, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping leave after a press conference in Beijing. Photo: Reuters / Charles Platiau

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

French president questions China’s New Silk Road strategy

by Emanuele Scimia January 12, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on January 5, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ludovic Marin

Cyprus, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Macron’s snub sends Erdogan further into Putin’s embrace

by Sami Moubayed January 8, 2018February 18, 2020

An Iranian woman raises her fist through the smoke of tear gas at the University of Tehran. Photo: AFP

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, World

Why there won’t be a revolution in Iran

by Pepe Escobar January 3, 2018February 18, 2020

The European Commission in Brussels. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Trilateral trade deal would rein in China’s expanding power

by Emanuele Scimia December 26, 2017

Catalan Raimon Castellvi, wearing a Catalan separatist flag, protests outside the European Commission in Brussels. Photo: Reuters / Francois Lenoir

European Union, Germany, Italy, World

Europe is the loser in the Catalan elections

by David P. Goldman December 22, 2017February 18, 2020

A fishing boat returns to Samut Sakhon port near Bangkok in this file shot from 2011. The Prayut government is looking to buy up about 1,900 vessels that have been idle since tougher regulations were imposed to eliminate illegal and unregulated fishing. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, European Union, Thailand, World

Thai government to buy up 1,900 fishing trawlers

by Asia Times staff December 20, 2017February 18, 2020

An Israeli flag is seen near the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, on December 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Time for China to join the Middle East Quartet

by Emanuele Scimia December 13, 2017

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