Month: May 2022

In the midst of China’s growing COVID-19 crisis, experts warned that the fight against coronavirus outbreak must continue since the Chinese capital, Beijing, still has a number of high-risk regions where Omicron flare-ups may be witnessed, even if the city progressively returns to normalcy. Although the administration has agreed to […]

One need not look very hard around the world to find parallels to notions of fixed core identity based on race, color, and religion or to see political classes bar or sharply limit immigration—even when their countries badly need new workers to overcome labor shortages driven by population decline or […]

China’s unemployment rate peaked after the country announced 7 weeks of rigorous lockdown after confronting the worst COVID-19 outbreak since the onset of the pandemic in Wuhan. According to reports, the unemployment rate bumped up to 6.1% in April, the highest since February 2020 as coronavirus cases doubled in the […]

The newly elected Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese stated that South Pacific countries have been “very positive” about Australia’s “re-engagement”, as China embarks on a regional diplomatic push that is alarming western powers, AAP reported. Albanese’s remarks, which he made during an interview with Sky News, came as Chinese […]

If you would like to receive Latin America Brief in your inbox every Friday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: How Washington might increase its economic engagement in the region, the Uvalde school shooting reverberates across the U.S.-Mexico border, and an anti-establishment magnate emerges as a dark […]

As the domestic energy crunch escalated in Pakistan, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif’s government on Saturday expressed willingness to import oil and wheat from Russia. Citing ‘open policy’, the Foreign Office (FO) of Pakistan said that the decision was “driven by national interest” to expand trade relations. “Our policy is clear, […]

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has blamed Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) administration for the severe water crisis in the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. He stated that the PTI administration has failed to provide Sindh with its fair share of water. Bhutto-Zardari recently highlighted […]

If you would like to receive Morning Brief in your inbox every weekday, please sign up here . Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we’re following U.S. President Joe Biden’s Asia tour, Ukraine’s first war crimes trial, and the Taliban’s ongoing crackdown on women’s rights. Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, […]

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has voiced its serious dissatisfaction with the conclusions of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s tour to China, which included a visit to Xinjiang. According to a press release from the WUC, the human rights organisations along with WUC and various […]

The following conversation was conducted for FP Live , Foreign Policy’s forum for live journalism, on Thursday, May 19. It has been lightly edited for length and clarity. How will new leadership in Canberra impact China’s influence in the region, including in the Solomon Islands? And what should Australia be […]