Between Beijing and the Budget: The Domestic Realities of Taiwan’s Defense Spending Drama

On May 8, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan broke a grueling six-month stalemate by passing a landmark $25 billion defense budget, catching many observers off

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The Toll Booth at the Throat of World Trade

In late February 2026, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz to foreign shipping. What began as a chaotic wartime closure has, in the past few days, hardened

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Plane Wrong about the Harbour Attack

The midget submarine attack on Sydney was abetted by the defenders' complacency and incompetence. All these years later confusion persists

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Putin Has No Good Way Out of His War

To peer into the heart of modern Russia is to witness a profound, collective paralysis, a state of being where finding a shared path out of the current

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Morning update

Good morning Middle East Eye readers, US President Donald Trump says diplomacy is gaining momentum on two fronts, claiming Hezbollah agreed to stop firing on I...

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British battle tanks on the Russian border

Some 1,500 British troops from 4 Brigade have deployed to Estonia for Exercise Spring Storm, training alongside NATO members and partners within 25km of the Rus...

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Seems fair enough

Reform UK support could plateau as it relies on socially conservative views, study finds You know, as with Green Party support having an upper limit as there ar...

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Whites need a shared religious foundation

On 20th May 2026 Lone Patriot published a very good article on X criticising Christian Nationalists, basically for annoying the crap out of non-Christians withi...

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Workers Struggles: The Americas

About 4,500 public service workers across the province of Ontario are entering their second week on strike, while journalists at four McClatchey-owned newspaper...

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