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Ishiba Meets Trump: A Diplomatic Win for Japan Under Pressure

Originally published as Chisako T. Masuo and Jabin T. Jacob, ‘Ishiba-Trump meet a diplomatic win for Japan’, Deccan Herald, 24 February 2025. By mid-February, United States’ new president Donald Trump had invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White …

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Why a post-COVID-19 global order led by China is only a distant threat

The world order might require changing but China is not going to be able to take leadership for political and economic reasons

Tsai Ing-wen’s Visit to Central America

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen is both pragmatic and a realist as she manoeuvres to preserve her country’s diplomatic space and values.

Tsai-Trump Telephone Call: Reading Trump and the Chinese Response

As US president, Donald Trump might be more amenable to testing Chinese limits and using Taiwan as a bargaining ploy.