The strength of these alliances depends on whether Trump views Tokyo and Seoul as bulwarks against China’s rise or vassals that can be extorted for financial gain.
- Senior Lecturer, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
The invasion of Ukraine and increased Chinese pressure on Taiwan have prompted Japan to abandon decades of pacifism.
The Japanese prime minister has announced he will not seek re-election as party leader ahead of a general election later this year.
As well as spreading the virus, the event eroded public confidence in the government’s handling of the crisis, undermining future containment efforts.
The majority of Japanese people are opposed to the games going ahead, but there’s more to the decision to hold the Olympics than public opinion.
Se recomienda el uso de mascarilla entre las 7 y las 9 de la mañana para los nacidos antes de 2005: las políticas suecas sobre el coronavirus son confusas.
Masks between 7am and 9am for those born before 2005 – Sweden’s coronavirus policies are unnecessarily confusing.
Ces pays, qui ont attribué leurs succès initiaux en matière de lutte contre la pandémie à leurs spécificités nationales, affichent désormais un nombre record de contaminations et de décès.
These countries forged their own path on coronavirus and attributed early successes to national character. Now they are facing more cases and deaths than ever.
The US is still a major world power and world leaders need to keep in Donald Trump’s good books.
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