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Middle powers can do their bit
News, Moreno Bertoldi & Marco Buti, Published on 02/02/2026
» Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, the world is increasingly caught between the United States -- an extractive superpower -- and China, a "dependency superpower" whose global influence rests on making other countries reliant on its exports. In the absence of meaningful resistance, both are likely to remain on this course, leaving middle powers to comply with their demands or face retaliation.
Trump's 'America First' in overdrive
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 23/01/2026
» President Donald Trump's extraterritorial capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on cocaine-trafficking and terrorism-related charges earlier this month and repeated demand to take over Greenland at the World Economic Forum this week are part and parcel of a belligerent and transformative "America First" paradigm that dates back at least four decades.
Asean+3's role in a rapidly fragmenting world
News, Hoe Ee Khor & Jae Young Lee, Published on 20/06/2025
» The risks posed by the fragmentation of the multilateral trading system transcend mere inefficiencies. Without a coherent, rules-based framework, global value chains will become vulnerable, investment risks will rise, and smaller, trade-dependent economies will be left increasingly exposed to the arbitrariness of bigger nations.
Embassy notes 3 areas for cooperation
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/06/2025
» The Chinese embassy has highlighted three key opportunities in Thai-Chinese cooperation that can help both countries thrive amid global economic volatility.
China ramps up global yuan push
News, Samuel Shen & Tom Westbrook, Published on 03/05/2025
» As Chinese President Xi Jinping toured Southeast Asia last month to forge closer ties against higher US tariffs, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) was seizing a moment of confusion and disruption in global trade to promote greater usage of the yuan.
Canada leaders make final pitches in campaign upended by Trump
News, AFP, Published on 26/04/2025
» MONTREAL - Canadian leaders campaigned in battleground districts Saturday, two days before a vote electrified by US President Donald Trump's threats, with Prime Minister Mark Carney favored after assuring voters he can stand up to Washington.
A perilous era of absolute advantage
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 25/04/2025
» If a date had to be pinpointed, the post-Second World War international system came to an unmistakable end on April 2 -- the so-called "Liberation Day" -- when US President Donald Trump announced comprehensive "reciprocal" tariffs to a bewildered global audience. The blatantly protectionist move was equivalent to the United States' abrogation and abandonment of the rules-based international order that it ironically and instrumentally constructed and upheld over nearly eight decades. What comes now is a dangerous era of absolute advantage in global trade, investment, and finance, bent on unilateralism over multilateralism, competition over cooperation, nationalism over interdependence, and the singular quest to dominate and reshape the global pecking order under the rubric of making America "great again".
No winners in US trade war
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 18/04/2025
» The United States' imposition of reciprocal tariffs has drawn global attention. Han Zhiqiang, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Thailand, shared his views on the matter.
Regional power rejig in new age
News, Werapong Prapha, Published on 23/01/2025
» What happens to a region when the rules of global trade no longer apply? For The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), this is no longer a hypothetical question -- it is our pressing reality. This week, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, ushering in what many see as the end of the post-liberal trade era. This era, defined by hyper-globalisation and a rules-based system governed by multilateralism, is now giving way to an unpredictable and fragmented global order.
Pundits warn of Trump policy risks
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/01/2025
» Thailand should prepare for risks that may arise from the aggressive trade policies of US President-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn in on Jan 20 for his second term in office, say experts on international affairs.