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When Brussels convinced itself that regulation could substitute for power and values for capacity, leverage migrated elsewhere. Europe rendered its own vulnerabilities exploitable; Washington and Beijing simply did not hesitate to use them. Sermons multiplied as factories vanished; dependence was a policy choice, defended in public, moralized at home, and institutionalized through repetition until it The post EU needs political adults, not feckless children, in Trump era appeared first on Asia Times.

Indonesia’s investment authority recently informed Parliament that PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel, a Chinese major nickel smelter in Central Sulawesi, has never submitted its mandatory Investment Activity Report. The disclosure emerged during a 2025 review of smelter supervision. As a result, the government has no official record of the project’s realized investment. This is not The post No reports, no records: China’s nickel black hole in Indonesia appeared first on Asia Times.

As the United States weighs fresh strikes on Iran, the prospect of a wider regional conflict is once again coming into focus. For many of Washington’s allies, the question is no longer whether escalation is possible, but how they would respond if it spiralled into all-out war. Australia faces a familiar challenge. Maintaining regional stability The post Australia isn’t remotely ready for a US-Iran war appeared first on Asia Times.

The sixteen-day general election campaign enters its final day of campaigning with the country in the throes of heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures. The Japanese Meteorological Agency predicts that heavy snowfall will peak on election day, with an uncertain impact on election day turnout. The snowfall leading up to election day already appears to have depressed early voting in The post Takaichi win expected as Japan campaign enters final, snowy day appeared first on Asia Times.