Trump administration
Trump’s tariff war has failed on every front
His tax programme, chaotically rolled out, shifts in its objectives and has wrecked world trade. At home, US producers are also suffering
The fog of the Iran war
For Asian businesses, the sharp pain from higher energy prices cannot be avoided, but scarring and worse trauma can be prevented
The quiet death of the US pivot to Asia
Iran campaign consumes capabilities America would rely on in any major conflict in the Indo-Pacific
Trump threatens Iran with power plant strikes over Hormuz oil blockade
Israeli cities have been hit by Iranian missiles, with dozens injured
Trump says US considers ‘winding down’ Iran military effort
[WASHINGTON, DC] US President Donald Trump said he was considering “winding down” US military efforts against Iran, saying that the US was close to achieving its objectives as the conflict – which has...
Trump is spending tomorrow’s security today
Neither incompetence nor impulsiveness explains the US president’s decision to start a war
The Hormuz gamble: Trump’s coalition dream and its hard realities
Gap between Trump’s claims and silence of the countries he is counting on speaks volumes about limits of pressure-based multilateralism
Deals over principles: Trump’s China gambit in the shadow of Iran
Can the two great powers arrive at an agreement at the upcoming bilateral summit in Beijing?
Trump issues executive orders to tackle housing supply and demand
These threaten to undermine congressional legislation passed just a day earlier
US Commerce Department withdraws planned rule on AI chip exports
[NEW YORK] The US Commerce Department withdrew a planned rule on artificial intelligence (AI) chip exports on Friday (Mar 13), the latest backpedalling by the Trump administration in its efforts to pr...
