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Japan quietly prepares itself amid China's rise Al Majalla
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Japan quietly prepares itself amid China's rise

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 October 2025
Trump's Asia tour
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Trump's Asia tour

Fares Garabet 27 October 2025
U.S. President Joe Biden is applauded by union members after signing orders that increase tariffs on China to promote American investments and jobs in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 14, 2024, in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP

Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs

The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost

The Economist 15 May 2024
Axel Rangel Garcia

Beijing pushes for AI regulation

A campaign to control generative AI raises questions about the future of the industry in China

James Palmer 07 May 2024
Al Majalla

4 books to understand modern India

Is the world's most populous country booming or broken?

Mukul Kesavan 03 May 2024
In the Middle East, Iran is a major power, and firmly against the US imposing its will in the area. This is music to Chinese ears. Eduardo Ramon

Iran-China trade based more on geopolitics than economics

Much is made of links between Beijing and Tehran, but the true extent of their relations is more limited. Where there are alternatives, China takes them, with one eye on the US.

Shirley Ze Yu 25 April 2024
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (R) is greeted by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif upon his arrival in Islamabad on 22 April, 2024. AFP

Iran and Pakistan turn away from confrontation and toward trade

Against the backdrop of geopolitical realignments, the burgeoning partnership between Iran and Pakistan can potentially recalibrate the balance of power in South Asia and beyond.

Kaswar Klasra 24 April 2024
Rahul Gandhi (L) has been a thorn in the side of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R), who is nevertheless expected to win the country's 2024 general election Marco Lawrence

Rahul Gandhi: The thorn in the side of Modi

The scion of a famous dynasty leads an opposition alliance into the 2024 elections. Today, he is both dismissed and feared by rivals. As Indians prepare to vote, he has honed his appeal.

Shakir Husain 14 April 2024
President Eisenhower’s administration initiated and signed the 1953 Mutual Defence Treaty with the Republic of Korea and the 1960 revised “Mutual Cooperation and Security” treaty with Japan. Mona Eing + Michael Meissner

US pacts with Tokyo and Seoul offer clues on how one with Riyadh might look like

Deterring Iran and bolstering regional security will be the obvious and immediate goal of a US-Saudi defence treaty

Robert Ford 11 April 2024
Saidakrami Murodalii Rachabalizoda, suspected of taking part in the attack on a concert hall that killed 137 people in Moscow, which IS-KP claimed, sits inside the defendant's cage on 24 March 2024. AFP

ISKP: Who are the murky terrorists behind the Moscow concert hall attack?

The Islamic State Khorasan Province has a history of carrying out attacks in central Asia, but its leadership and structure are largely opaque. Al Majalla explains.

Abdullah F. Alrebh 30 March 2024
Delegates leave after the closing session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2024. AFP

China’s new ten-year industrial strategy shows its priorities

The annual conflab to sign off on policy decisions gave clues as to the thinking in Beijing. China's future is bright if it can ride out the coming storm.

Shirley Ze Yu 23 March 2024
This picture taken on April 15, 2019 shows a sumo wrestler taking part in a "honozumo," a ceremonial sumo exhibition, on the grounds of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. AFP

Japan not in great shape as it reels from economic challenges

Japan, the third-strongest global economic power for over a decade, has been surpassed by Germany. It grapples with inflation, sluggish consumerism and demographic decline.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 07 March 2024
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US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman exchange a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 May 2025. REUTERS / Brian Snyder
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US-Saudi ties are the cornerstone of Trump’s Mideast policy

14 November 2025

When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House to meet with US President Donald Trump on 18 November, there will be no shortage of issues for the two leaders to discuss

Brian Katulis
This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on 10 November 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L) shaking hands with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House in Washington DC. SANA / AFP
Politics

Syria-US rapprochement sees cooperation surge

13 November 2025

Since Trump began lifting sanctions in May, no time has been wasted. US investment delegations have been flocking to Damascus, and security cooperation has already started.

Charles Lister
Sara Padovan
Politics

Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

11 November 2025

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Alfred J. Naddaff
Ewan White
Politics

How Trump reshaped the world

03 November 2025

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Israel's Olive War aims to uproot more than just trees

09 November 2025

The olive tree is no longer just a source of sustenance for West Bank Palestinians, but a silent witness to their profound struggle between permanence and erasure

Mohammed Najib

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