Indo-Pacific

COMMENTARY: Berlin says “of course” to Canadian LNG, but its first purchase will ship from the Pacific

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul answered “of course” on Sunday, on CTV, when asked whether Europe wanted more Canadian liquefied natural gas.

OPINION: Carney courts India and Manila; he is buying insurance, not a spare America

Mark Carney set a deadline in New York on September 22, 2026. Trade negotiations with India should wrap up by the G20 summit on…

EDITORIAL: Taiwan is not a negotiating chip, so unfreeze the $14 billion before Xi gets his verb

There is still a blank page. On Thursday evening, after Donald Trump met Xi Jinping at the White House, Washington had released no official…

COMMENTARY: Trump frets over the yen, and behind the yen sit $1,104 billion in Treasuries

Satsuki Katayama refused to say one thing. On September 25, 2026, at her regular press conference, Japan’s finance minister makes a disclosure. At the…

ANALYSIS: Marcos Talks Drilling With Beijing While His Fishermen Are Kept Off a $3 Trillion Sea

That is what moves through the South China Sea every year. Gulf oil, Taiwanese chips, Brazilian soy, the containers that end up in our…

ANALYSIS: Taiwan Puts NT$1,122.5 Billion Into Defence, Over 3% of GDP — While Beijing Calls It a Charade

Hold that number for a moment, because it marks the crossing of a threshold no one on the island has ever crossed before. For…

INVESTIGATION: 2.9 million TSMC chips diverted to Huawei — and Washington still hasn't closed the door

It all starts in a Canadian laboratory, far from the clean rooms of Taiwan.

INVESTIGATION: Australia’s 10-Year Defence Plan Puts Six Technologies on the Indo-Pacific Clock

REPORT: At Scarborough, Manila Says 12 Chinese Coast Guard Ships Closed to Seven Metres