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As Trump attacks anew, Iran says Europe’s ‘appeasing aggressors’

VON Jake Johnson

Iran’s government on Monday condemned the European Union’s response to Iranian attacks on US military installations in the Middle East as “a masterclass in selective moral outrage” after the Trump administration launched new strikes against Iran over the weekend, with …

China turns Trump’s ill-prepared summit towards Taiwan

VON Susan Shirk

The highly anticipated summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump from 13–15 May 2026 produced few tangible accomplishments beyond China’s commitment to buy 200 Boeing aircraft and a sizeable amount of US agricultural goods.

When national security becomes market logic

VON G Venkat Raman

In recent weeks, Japan halted South Korean equity firm MBK Partners' acquisition of machine-tool manufacturer Makino Milling Machine on national security grounds.

Markets are misreading Nvidia’s latest move

VON Nigel Green

Investors have spent the last three years asking who will build artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia built the chips, Microsoft built the platforms, Amazon, Google and Meta built the infrastructure.

The war on Iran has a Balochistan problem

VON Amira Jadoon, Colin P Clarke

The fallout from the US–Israel war on Iran is now colliding with one of the world’s most volatile environments — Balochistan, Pakistan’s southwestern province bordering both Afghanistan and Iran.