In recent years, India has increasingly positioned itself as a proponent of a “rules-based international order” — a vision that Prime Minister Narendra Modi articulated in a landmark speech at the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue. Modi’s…
By Sayuri Shirai In Japan, cashless payment tools have become increasingly common. Japanese citizens are now comfortable with using credit cards and the severe labor shortage has accelerated the automation of payments. The cash-free payment…
By Ryan McMaken From day one of his presidency, it has been apparent that Argentina’s President Javier Milei wants the Argentinian regime to be a willing member of the US-NATO axis in international affairs. Milei…
While Vice-President Kamala Harris’s truncated presidential campaign relies heavily upon President Biden’s policy framework, she has strategically altered the communication of these political and policy objectives to energise the Democratic base, address the campaign’s weaknesses…
In recent years, Thailand and China have expanded ties, particularly through an ambitious transcontinental railway project designed to connect the Indochina Peninsula to the Strait of Malacca. The Bangkok-Nong Khai (Laos) high-speed rail initiative may be economically…
People selectively underestimate how rich the world’s richest people are, according to a study. Increasing income inequality in many countries is driven by steep gains among the top 1% of earners. In the United States,…