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Asia-Pacific

Pushing East Asia to hike defense could boomerang on Wall Street

Spending increases on the scale the admin is pressing for could push up US bond yields further, hurting American markets, and allies too

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Asia-Pacific

US-China trade war is on: Could it turn violent, and when?

The far bigger threat from Trump-China tariffs is a sharp escalation in ongoing security tensions that could easily turn into something else

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Latin America

Forecast in the Americas: Uncertainty with a chance of Trump

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) meets today amid a shower of problems, not the least of which is unity.

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Global Crises

How Trump tariffs are affecting allies, frenemies, adversaries

Every corner of the planet is feeling the shock, but some are facing more peril than others.

Trumponomics: Global South is girding for tariffs — or not
North America

Trumponomics: Global South is girding for tariffs — or not

The president's coercion tactics will negatively effect countries that otherwise have a lot to offer US markets and trade

Interpreting the 20-year military pact between Russia & Iran
Middle East

Interpreting the 20-year military pact between Russia & Iran

Not just a strategic agreement, they want to send a message that together, the two can end-run pariah status in the West