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April 12, 2024

United States
The U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Was a Success, but Other Southeast Asian States Are Unlikely to Follow

The success of the U.S.-Japan-Philippines trilateral summit underscored the Joe Biden administration’s dedication to building partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, but Southeast Asian nations are less in…

Coast guard officers in blue shirts and navy pants walk past a coast guard vessel on a dock.

July 13, 2021

Nigeria
T.B. Joshua: A Preacher Who Held Outsized Influence in Nigeria and Africa

Policy makers, diplomats, and commentators in the secular West often fail to take into account the profound influence of religious leaders in sub-Saharan Africa, whether among Christians, Muslims, or adherents of traditional religions. Heaven, hell, and what secularists regard as magic are literal realities, more immediate than government policy or the pronouncements of political leaders. What the preacher says is more credible than the utterances of politicians.

T.B. Joshua, a now-deceased Nigerian pastor, holds his hand on a woman's face. The woman holds her hands raised with her palms upward.

March 21, 2023

China
The PBoC Props Up China’s Housing Market

The PBoC has fine-tuned its mortgage rates policy to stabilize housing prices, but not without unintended consequences.

A pedestrian walks past an Evergrande residential development in Hong Kong, China, November 27, 2021. (Lam Yik/REUTERS)

December 27, 2023

Southeast Asia
The Specter of Transnational Repression

A recent report by Freedom House demonstrates the widespread normalization of transnational repression.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wears a blue suit and teal tie while standing at a wooden podium in front of two red and white Canadian flags.

May 4, 2022

Economics

April 1, 2024

China
Is a TikTok Ban Coming?

American lawmakers look increasingly willing to ban the popular app TikTok due to its parent company’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

TikTok CEO wears a black suit and while seated.