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Awakening Godzilla: Japan’s fading nuclear allergy and the perils of proliferation in the Indo-Pacific image

Awakening Godzilla: Japan’s fading nuclear allergy and the perils of proliferation in the Indo-Pacific

27 September 2026

The spectre of nuclear annihilation invoked by the story of the radio actively mutated Godzilla remains alive in Japanese society. But writes Stephen Nagy, the nuclear ambitions of Japan’s neighbours are forcing a reassessment of an old security taboo.

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Diplomacy

Japan

What Xi really wants from Trump image

What Xi really wants from Trump

24 September 2026

As US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, meet in Washington, American policymakers must not underestimate China’s ambitions, writes Steve Tsang. Under Xi, its foreign policy is focused on securing the support of the Global South while pursuing the long-term goal of seizing Taiwan and achieving global preeminence.

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Diplomacy

China

All is not well in the Earth’s third pole: the price of climate inaction image

All is not well in the Earth’s third pole: the price of climate inaction

23 September 2026

The Himalayan flood of August 26 is a reminder of the need for a just and effective allocation of climate and global development financing, writes Rabindra Nepal. But for rich countries to deny the global climate problem and its consequences will hurt their own interests in the long run.

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Diplomacy

Nepal

After the flood: Nepal from geological to economic and social reckoning image

After the flood: Nepal from geological to economic and social reckoning

23 September 2026

The Nepal glacier collapse and flood disaster risks prompting a national fiscal and economic shock in an already fragile economy writes Meen B. Poudyal Chhetri.

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Diplomacy

Nepal