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Vietnam enters new phase as party chief To Lam consolidates power and pushes radical economic agenda
HANOI (Realist English). Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party has confirmed To Lam for another five-year term as general secretary, marking the...
Canada and China strike landmark EV trade deal, cutting tariffs and reshaping auto ties
OTTAWA (Realist English). Canada and China have reached what officials described as a “landmark” trade agreement that sharply reduces tariffs...
Myanmar’s military-linked party widens lead as election enters final phase
NAYPYIDAW (Realist English). Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has extended its lead after the second round of...
Japan’s Takaichi plans snap election to strengthen fragile lower-house majority
TOKYO (Realist English). Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the lower house of Japan’s parliament for a snap general...
China to upgrade J-20 stealth fighter with enhanced radar, engines and AI
BEIJING (Realist English). China is preparing a new round of upgrades for its J-20 stealth fighter, focusing on improved radar,...
Public opinion in Japan splits over future of Self-Defense Forces amid security concerns
TOKYO (Realist English). Nearly half of Japanese respondents believe the country’s Self-Defense Forces should remain at their current size and...
China condemns US seizure of Venezuelan president, calls for immediate release
BEIJING (Realist English). China has expressed strong concern over the United States’ reported seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and...
Taiwan president vows to defend sovereignty after Chinese military drills
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has pledged to defend the island’s sovereignty against what he described as China’s...
China tightens silver export controls, raising alarm over supply chains
BEIJING (Realist English). China is set to tighten controls on silver exports from Thursday, expanding restrictions on a metal increasingly...
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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