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JOE BIDEN

A Spirit AI Moz1 humanoid robot is demonstrated at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum, a technology and innovation conference, in Beijing on March 25.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2026
China shock 2.0 is a real economic earthquake
Without a holistic response, China’s tsunami of exports will continue.
U.S., Japanese and South Korean naval vessels take part in combined anti-submarine exercises in waters off South Korea's Jeju Island in April 2023.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
May 7, 2026
Shifting costs to allies won’t ‘restore’ U.S. maritime dominance
Since the early 2020s, however, concerns about China’s dominance in the maritime sector have become widespread in the policy community.
Pedestrians cross Enghelab Square in Tehran, near a billboard showing Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader, in the Iranian capital on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2026
The Indo-Pacific price of a hasty war with Tehran
The allies are not abandoning the U.S.; they are recoiling from a war that lacks a defined strategy.
Beth Gutzler views air quality data on the AirWatchSTL website on a laptop in Florissant, Missouri, in February. Last year, metro St. Louis residents had "good" air to breathe during only one-third of the days of the year.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Apr 10, 2026
How the AI boom derailed clean‑air efforts in one of America’s most polluted cities
Trump’s environmental rollbacks in support of AI mark ​a reversal in U.S. policy and have proven painful for America’s clean air activists.
U.S. crime plunged in 2025 to near historic lows, with declines driven by post-pandemic normalization, possible effects of deportation policy and reduced social activity by restless youths as more time is spent on phones and video games.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2026
Are video games and phones helping to reduce crime?
“More kids seem to be spending more time at home in their basements scrolling on their phones rather than out carousing with friends,” an expert said.
FBI agents arrive to execute a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City, Georgia, on Jan. 28 related to the 2020 U.S. election.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2026
The FBI’s Georgia ballot raid is about 2026, not 2020
The raid no doubt appealed to President Donald Trump’s preoccupation with his defeat in 2020.
Members of an FBI Evidence Response Team collect equipment from an FBI vehicle as they execute a search warrant on Wednesday at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Atlanta.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2026
FBI searches Atlanta election office, chasing Trump 2020 vote fraud claims
Former U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, won Georgia and defeated Trump, a Republican who was seeking reelection in 2020.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 18, 2025
Trump vows economic boom and blames Biden for high prices in national address
His speech comes at the end of a whirlwind year in which he has launched an unprecedented display of presidential power.
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in July 2024.
WORLD
Dec 13, 2025
U.S. briefly withheld some intelligence from Israel during Biden era
The decision came as worries intensified in the U.S. intelligence community about the number of civilians killed in Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
The Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy shifts focus to the Western Hemisphere and Asia while largely maintaining the underlying limits of America's security policy established under the Biden administration.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2025
How to read Trump’s National Security Strategy
What I see as the essence of NSS 2025 is that this document appears to be a product of compromise intended to bridge the differences that surfaced within the Trump administration.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments that a Chinese naval blockade of Taiwan would constitute a threat to Japan have drawn criticism from China and even in some circles domestically.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 13, 2025
Takaichi and a shift in ‘strategic ambiguity’ over Taiwan
Takaichi’s statement points out the obvious: That if a conflict over Taiwan involves the use of force, it could become a “crisis situation” that threatens the nation’s survival.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends a private dinner for technology and business leaders hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 4.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 1, 2025
Trump and America’s tech giants: Coexistence or collaboration?
The impact of Trump’s policies on online platforms is also significant. During his first term, Big Tech faced intense antitrust pressure.
The coal-fired Hunter Power Plant in Castle Dale, Utah in 2024. A former U.S. climate envoy says President Donald Trump is leading the world "in the wrong direction" on climate and weaponizing clean energy as a culture war issue.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2025
Ex-U.S. climate envoy: Trump threatening ‘consensus science’ worldwide
John Podesta, former U.S. President Joe Biden’s senior point person on international climate policy, testified in a case challenging the administration’s fossil fuel agenda.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s unilateral tariffs mark a shift toward centralized control, eroding checks and balances and raising risks of corruption and unpredictability.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 7, 2025
Unchecked and unbalanced: The future of U.S. economic policymaking
The U.S. government is defined by its separation of powers, where authority is not concentrated in a single actor but divided between the different branches.
The Trump administration's decision to ban The Associated Press from the White House press pool over a style guide dispute is part of a long and troubling history of presidents retaliating against journalists who displease them.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2025
Presidents have been treating journalists badly since Lincoln
Indeed, long before there existed a White House press corps, presidential peevishness led to the punishment of newspapers.
A U.S. government statement this month showed how the Trump administration is seeking to change the ways the U.S. limits China's access to state-of-the-art semiconductors needed to develop AI.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
May 24, 2025
How the U.S.-China chip conflict is evolving under Trump
The Trump administration is seeking to change the ways the U.S. limits China’s access to state-of-the-art semiconductors needed to develop AI.
The supercharged investment pledge, up from an initial $1.4 billion, was pitched as part of a last-ditch effort to win approval of the merger, which has drawn fire from both U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2025
Nippon Steel eyes billions more in U.S. Steel investments if Trump green-lights deal
It is unclear if the billions in new investment will be enough to sway Trump, though two sources said his administration sought the increased investment.
Then-U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington on Jan. 17.
WORLD / Politics
May 19, 2025
Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
The former U.S. president has a form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, and is reviewing treatment options, his office said Sunday.
Former U.S. President Joe Biden departs Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Jan. 20.
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2025
Release of 2023 Biden recording renews debate on his capabilities
The four-minute audio clip comes as a book is being released alleging the White House staff covered up Biden’s decline even as he was seeking reelection.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left), U.S. President Joe Biden (second from left), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (second from right) and French President Emmanuel Macron prepare to take a family photo during their "Quad" meeting in Berlin on Oct. 18. Leaders in the West have tried to revive the old order, but Donald Trump’s return to power shows they need a new way of looking at the world.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2025
Europe after the end of the liberal international order
We were wrong to think that we had secured a golden age of peace at the end of the Cold War. In reality, there was violence everywhere.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ¥11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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