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Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
China Maneuvers Between Export Growth and Weak Domestic Demand
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s economy in April 2026 demonstrated resilience in the manufacturing sector while continuing to show weakness in...
“Russia Has No Aggressive Intentions Toward Europe”: Russian Foreign Policy Results for April
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s foreign policy activity in April 2026 was characterized by two contrasting trends. On the one hand,...
Japan PM Takaichi’s approval dips as oil crisis fuels public concern
TOKYO (Realist English). Approval for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet has edged lower as public dissatisfaction rises over the government’s...
Chinese semiconductor firms surge on AI boom and export restrictions
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese semiconductor companies reported record revenues in 2025, driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, global...
Min Aung Hlaing becomes president as Myanmar’s military cements power
NAY PYI TAW (Realist English). Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has been elected president by a newly formed parliament,...
Microsoft unveils $10bn Japan AI plan, boosts local tech stocks
TOKYO (Realist English). Shares of Sakura Internet surged by more than 20% on Friday after Microsoft announced plans to invest...
China pushes AI-driven power grid to boost energy security
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese Premier Li Qiang has called for ускорение development of a “new-type power system” centered on renewable...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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