Narendra Modi once looked up to China. As a business-friendly Indian state leader, he traveled there repeatedly to attract investment and see how his country could learn from its neighbor’s economic transformation. China, he said, has a “special place in my heart.” Chinese officials cheered on his march to national power as that of “a […]
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U.S. Targets May Not Be on List in Possible Iran Attack, Officials Say
American intelligence analysts and officials said on Friday that they expected Iran to strike multiple targets inside Israel within the next few days in retaliation for an Israeli bombing in the Syrian capital on April 1 that killed several senior Iranian commanders. The United States, Israel’s pre-eminent ally, has military forces in several places across […]
Read MoreChina Feels Boxed In by the U.S. but Has Few Ways to Push Back
President Biden’s effort to build American security alliances in China’s backyard is likely to reinforce the Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s view that Washington is leading an all-out campaign of “containment, encirclement and suppression” of his country. And there is not much Mr. Xi can do about it. To China, Mr. Biden’s campaign looks nothing short […]
Read MoreU.S. Sends a Top General to Israel Amid Fears of Iranian Strikes
The United States dispatched its top military commander for the Middle East to Israel on Thursday, after President Biden stated that, despite recent friction, American support for Israel “is ironclad” in the event of an attack by Iran. Iran’s leaders have repeatedly vowed to punish Israel for an April 1 strike in Syria that killed […]
Read MoreU.S. Sends a Top General to Israel Amid Fears of Iranian Strikes
The United States dispatched its top military commander for the Middle East to Israel on Thursday, after President Biden stated that, despite recent friction, American support for Israel “is ironclad” in the event of an attack by Iran. Iran’s leaders have repeatedly vowed to punish Israel for an April 1 strike in Syria that killed […]
Read MoreIsrael’s Security Depends on Rafah
Unfortunately, Benjamin Netanyahu is right — “unfortunately,” I say, because he is the most incompetent, corrupt and divisive Israeli prime minister ever, as many in Israel believe. But he is right that it’s crucial for Israel to conquer Rafah and destroy the Hamas battalions ensconced in that city at the southern end of the Gaza […]
Read MoreHamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Defiant After Israeli Strike Kills 3 of His Sons
An Israeli airstrike on Wednesday killed three sons of one of the most senior leaders of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, who said the strike would not weaken the group’s negotiating position or its resolve in its fight against Israel. Mr. Haniyeh, who leads the Hamas political bureau from exile, is a longstanding leader of the group. […]
Read MoreTrudeau to Testify in Foreign Election Interference Inquiry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada pushed back on Wednesday against intelligence reports indicating that his Liberal Party may have benefited from Chinese interference in Canadian elections, saying that he had been consistently tough against an increasingly aggressive China. Testifying in Ottawa at a federal inquiry into foreign interference, Mr. Trudeau said that his government […]
Read MoreWhat War by A.I. Actually Looks Like
In November the left-wing Israeli outlets +972 magazine and Local Call published a disturbing investigation by the journalist Yuval Abraham into the Israel Defense Forces’ use of an artificial intelligence system for identifying targets in Gaza — which one former intelligence official described as a “mass assassination factory.” Toward the end of a year clouded […]
Read MoreIn Latin America, From Nasty Personal Insults to an Embassy Raid
Ecuador was once famous for sheltering a man on the lam: For seven years it allowed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to hole up in its embassy in London, invoking an international treaty that makes diplomatic premises places of refuge. Then, last week, the South American nation appeared to tear that treaty to shreds, sending the […]
Read MoreTo Counter China’s Rising Power, Biden Looks to Strengthen Ties With Japan
The United States and Japan, faced with the challenges posed by an increasingly hostile China, are expected to further integrate their militaries and announce new agreements on technology and defense on Wednesday as President Biden hosts Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit to Washington. The talks are part of the Biden administration’s diplomatic […]
Read MoreIsrael: Cease-Fire, Get Hostages, Leave Gaza, Rethink Everything
Israel today is at a strategic point in its war in Gaza, and there is every indication that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to choose the wrong path — and take the Biden administration along for a very dangerous and troubling ride. It is so dangerous and troubling that Israel’s best option, when all […]
Read MoreGermany Rebuffs Claim Its Arms Sales to Israel Abet Genocide in Gaza
Germany on Tuesday defended itself against accusations that its arms sales to Israel were abetting genocide in Gaza, arguing at the International Court of Justice that most of the equipment it has supplied since Oct. 7 was nonlethal and that it has also been one of the largest donors of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. […]
Read MoreDavid Cameron Reaches Out to Trump, Taking a Risk on His U.S. Trip
When Britain’s foreign secretary, David Cameron, went to Washington on Tuesday, he made all the usual stops, from the State Department to Capitol Hill. But it was his pilgrimage to Palm Beach, Fla., where he met former President Donald J. Trump for dinner on Monday evening at Mar-a-Lago, that grabbed most of the attention. Mr. […]
Read MoreXi of China Meets With Russia’s Foreign Minister, Reaffirming Ties
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, and Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, met in Beijing on Tuesday, in a session seen as laying the groundwork for an expected visit to China by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and pushing back against mounting pressure from the United States and its allies. Mr. Lavrov’s visit came […]
Read MoreEveryone Wants to Seize Russia’s Assets. The Repo Act Is a Terrible Idea.
The Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, has brought a glimmer of hope to supporters of the Ukrainian war effort. He suggested to Fox News on March 31 that he would try to rally his divided party behind the so-called REPO Act. That piece of legislation would allow President Biden, working with European allies, to seize […]
Read MoreThe Geopolitics of a Czech-Polish Potato Salad Competition
In the fall of 2021, a pub in the mining town of Bogatynia, Poland, put up a sign: “We don’t serve Czechs.” Bogatynia is on the border with the Czech Republic and is the site of the Turow coal mine, a Polish mine that is at the center of an ongoing dispute between the two […]
Read MoreSimon Harris Is Set to Become Ireland’s Youngest Prime Minister. Who Is He?
Simon Harris was three years into a university degree when he dropped out in 2008. A job had come up as a parliamentary assistant to an Irish senator, and Mr. Harris, an ambitious 20-year-old from a coastal town in County Wicklow, south of Dublin, saw “an opportunity to try and make a difference,” he later […]
Read MoreHow Japan Is Trying to Rebuild Its Chip Industry
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is transforming the small Japanese farm town of Kikuyo into a key node in Asia’s chip supply chain. TSMC, as the company is known, dominates the global semiconductor business. At its home base in Taiwan, TSMC sits at the center of a web of factories, suppliers and engineering firms. Now that […]
Read MoreEx-Ecuadorean Vice President, Arrested at Mexican Embassy, Is in Coma
Authorities found a former Ecuadorean vice president, Jorge Glas, in a “deep self-induced coma” in jail on Monday, just days after he was captured by the police in a dramatic arrest inside the Mexican embassy in Quito. Mr. Glas ingested anti-depressants and sedatives, according to a police report, and was being transferred to a military […]
Read MoreNicaragua Is Taking Germany to ICJ Over Supplying Arms to Israel
Nicaragua, a longstanding supporter of the Palestinian cause, is broadening the legal battle over the Gaza conflict at the International Court of Justice by bringing a case against Germany, a major supplier of arms to Israel. Nicaragua is arguing in its filing that “Germany is facilitating the commission of genocide” in Gaza and violating the […]
Read More‘3 Body Problem’: What Social Media Reaction Says About China
The first five minutes of the Netflix series “3 Body Problem” were hard to watch. I tried not to shut my eyes at the coldblooded beating of a physics professor at the height of the Cultural Revolution in 1967. By the end of it, he was dead, with blood and gruesome wounds all over his […]
Read MoreCould Ecuador’s Diplomatic Spat With Mexico Be a Boon for Noboa?
Ecuador’s decision to send police officers into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a politician who had taken refuge there inflamed tensions between two countries that were already at odds, but it may prove a political boon for the Ecuadorean president. President Daniel Noboa has been faced with flagging approval ratings amid rising violence weeks before […]
Read MoreIsrael Withdraws Troops From Southern Gaza as War Hits 6-Month Mark
The Israeli military said Sunday that it had withdrawn a division of ground troops from the southern Gaza Strip, as international mediators gathered with hopes of brokering a temporary cease-fire six months into a war that has now become the longest involving Israel since the 1980s. Israel has significantly reduced the number of troops it […]
Read MorePeter Pellegrini Wins Slovakia’s Presidential Election
Voters in Slovakia on Saturday strengthened the grip of Russia-friendly political forces in Central Europe, handing victory in a presidential election to a candidate who opposes providing military and financial aid to Ukraine. With 99 percent of the votes counted, the official tally showed Peter Pellegrini, an ally of Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, […]
Read MoreWho Is Jorge Glas, an Ecuadorean Politician Arrested at Mexico’s Embassy?
Mexico has severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador after Ecuadorean police officers on Friday arrested Jorge Glas, an Ecuadorean politician who had been granted refuge in Mexico’s embassy in Quito. That arrest, which Mexico described as a “violation” of its sovereignty, capped days of growing tensions between the two Latin American countries. Ecuador has considered Mr. […]
Read MoreMexico Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Ecuador After Embassy Arrest
Ecuadorean police officers entered the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday night to arrest Ecuador’s former vice president who had taken refuge there, prompting Mexico to suspend bilateral relations. Jorge Glas, the former vice president, had been sentenced to prison and there was a warrant out for his arrest before Mexico granted him asylum, Ecuador’s […]
Read MoreYellen Faces Diplomatic Test in Urging China to Curb Green Energy Exports
After three hours of meetings on Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Vice Premier He Lifeng of China sat down for a working dinner at the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou, China. They planned to follow that with a scenic boat cruise along the city’s Pearl River. The evening activity was intended to give […]
Read MoreAfter 6 Months of War, Some Israelis Ask: Is Netanyahu Dragging It Out?
Nearly six months since it began, Israel’s war in Gaza is dragging on. So, too, is the tenure of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In Israel, some are now asking: Are the two are linked? To his allies, Mr. Netanyahu’s refusal to agree to a cease-fire in Gaza is a necessary one, made in the national […]
Read MoreIran Says 17-Hour Battle With Separatists Leaves 28 Dead in 2 Cities
Iranian security forces battled simultaneous terrorist attacks by a militant separatist group in a southwest province that raged for nearly 17 hours, with intense gunfights in the streets of two cities that resulted in the deaths of 10 security officers and 18 militants, according to the Ministry of Interior on Thursday. State television broadcast footage […]
Read MoreWhat Biden’s Anger Could Mean for Israel, and a Look at the Drama at Disney
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