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Trump-Xi summit reset cause for concern in Indonesia

The Trump-Xi summit in Beijing was supposed to signal a new phase of calmer US-China relations. Instead, it exposed a deeper reality that should concern Indonesia and much of Southeast Asia, as stability between great powers can sometimes come at the expense of middle powers.

Asia •

Why Iran has already won the war

There is a moment in every great geopolitical confrontation when the outcome becomes structurally inevitable — long before anyone is willing to announce it. Rome understood this when Germanic tribes stopped retreating. Britain understood it in 1947, standing in Delhi with empty

Asia •

A new French law undermines Europe’s single market

France has banned nicotine pouches. That’s a big problem for the single market, writes Cláudia Nunes. France’s ban on oral nicotine threatens to create a legal rupture in the European Union’s single market. It turns the possession of a product which is legal in one member state

Europe •

The “impossible” LED that could change everything

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have achieved what was once considered impossible by electrically powering insulating nanoparticles to create a completely new kind of LED. Using tiny organic “molecular antennas,” the team found a way to funnel energy into materials

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