Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s foreign policy strategy is grounded on the principle of “autonomy from the two blocs,” which makes it a unique case as far as EU states are concerned.A case that illustrates this policy is Orban’s unwillingness to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into
With the manipulations of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), it is no surprise that this year’s budget plan would make government operations difficult.The KMT and the TPP passing malicious legislation in the past year has caused public ire to accumulate, with th
The world has been bewildered by constant shifts in the international situation since US President Donald Trump took office for the second time. Perhaps it is all part of Trump’s strategy — he is making many moves so that his opponents are unclear of his true intentions.The downside to this approach
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It has become a truism of foreign policy debates nowadays that the world is at the dawn of a multipolar era. Whether such an international order would ever fully emerge is debatable, but the process of “multipolarization” is already under way, as a larger number of states gain the ability to influen
After US President Donald Trump’s administration froze donations last month to Cambodia’s largest demining organization, which works to clear the countryside of deadly remnants of Washington’s past wars in Southeast Asia, the group announced new funding — from China.Beijing has doubled its contribut
Later this week, White House envoys plan to discuss with their European counterparts how to end the nearly three-year war in Ukraine. However, for any negotiations to produce a durable settlement, the US and its allies must show they are willing to enforce it.To date, Russian President Vladimir Puti
The possibility of restarting cross-strait tourism for tour groups appears to not only be back on the table, but nearing dessert. President William Lai (賴清德) in his inaugural address emphasized tourism as an area where Taipei is keen to cooperate with Beijing, positing it as a cornerstone of his sof
Despite the steady modernization of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the international community is skeptical of its warfare capabilities. Late last month, US think tank RAND Corp published two reports revealing the PLA’s two greatest hurdles: personnel challenges and structural difficult
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has long been a cornerstone of US foreign policy, advancing not only humanitarian aid but also the US’ strategic interests worldwide. The abrupt dismantling of USAID under US President Donald Trump ‘s administration represents a profound
Last week, Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛), also known as “Big S,” passed away suddenly from health complications caused by the flu while on a trip to Japan — a truly saddening tragedy.A tour guide who claimed to be responsible for leading Hsu’s group lacked professional ethics by laying bare the
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The release of the Chinese DeepSeek-R1 large language model, with its impressive capabilities and low development cost, shocked financial markets and led to claims of a “Sputnik moment” in artificial intelligence (AI). However, a powerful, innovative Chinese model achieving parity with US products s
For at least a year now, the Kremlin has been convinced — and persuaded many others — that it holds all the cards in Ukraine, with more personnel and ammunition, a bigger arms industry and, as a result, an advantage in the most important commodity of all for a war of attrition: time. This presumptio
Since his return to the White House, US President Donald Trump has upended Washington’s trade policy. Trump forced Colombia to accept deported migrants by threatening a 25 percent tariff on all Colombian goods. He also announced a 25 percent additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico — whic
After the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in alliance with the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) imposed drastic budget cuts to bully the public, KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) announced they also have plans to amend Article 23 of the Basic Environment Act (環境基本法), changing the goal of a “non-nuclear homelan
In the face of a mass recall movement, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) told a Central Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday that the party would prioritize amending Article 23 of the Basic Environment Act (環境基本法) — changing its stated goal of achieving a “non-nuclear homela
As expected, US President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the US from the Paris climate agreement. Unlike in 2017, everyone saw this one coming — Trump’s commitment to fracking and ignorance of global integration has been broadcast for a long time. However, other countries that remain part of
Civil society groups have initiated recall votes against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators in 18 constituencies nationwide, submitting more than 100,000 signatures to the Central Election Commission on Monday last week, the first working day after the Lunar New Year holiday. A new wave of