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Kurt Campbell, the architect of the US pivot to Asia and former Deputy Secretary of State under Joe Biden, says next week’s summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is highly unusual and could be politically...

Kelly Magsamen, who was chief of staff to Biden’s defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, says that in normal circumstances, there would be some kind of US military demonstration ahead of the summit, such as a dual carrier...

“It’s not about duration. It’s about a war of wills here and who’s going to blink first. Both countries have a blockade on Hormuz, but the difference between both countries is that the U.S. doesn’t have...

“That Taiwan is the ‘biggest risk’ is deliberate escalatory language designed to test Washington’s threshold,” Mr Han Shen Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group consultancy, told The Straits Times. Beijing is making a calibrated...

“The wins have given the Modi government and the BJP greater political strength. They are now even stronger favourites for 2029,” Mr Ashok Malik, a partner at The Asia Group, a policy and business advisory group,...

Speaking to businessline, Shailender Arya, Senior Advisor, The Asia Group, said Operation Sindoor accelerated the drone and counter-drone acquisition programs, leading to the rapid growth of the drone sector in India. Sindoor provided the operational necessity...

The countervailing orders would, at a high level, “place U.S. companies in the position of choosing between compliance with U.S. or Chinese regulatory regimes,” said Han Shen Lin, China managing director for The Asia Group.

“Multinationals must now assume any technology with Chinese DNA – regardless of where it’s incorporated – is subject to Beijing’s veto,” said Han Lin, China country director at consulting firm the Asia Group. “That will weigh...

“Beijing effectively drew a bright red line that Chinese AI talent and technology are not for sale to American companies, full stop,” said Han Shen Lin, Shanghai-based China country director at U.S. consultancy firm The Asia...

“A lot of Japanese view the Iran conflict as U.S. attention drifting away from their concerns about China and drifting back towards the Middle East,” said Kurt Tong, who served as deputy chief of mission and...

Kurt Tong, managing partner at The Asia Group, was formerly U.S. ambassador for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). He is an adviser to the American Association of the Indo-Pacific. U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs...