A never-before-used Dutch emergency law, a suspended Chinese CEO, and a Beijing export ban that nearly stopped Volkswagen’s production line. The Nexperia affair turned an unglamorous chipmaker into the flashpoint of an EU–China struggle over strategic industry. China’s swift retaliation revealed just how fragile Europe’s grip on its own industrial base has become, and how readily economic interdependence is now used as a weapon.
Despite passing landmark reproductive health legislation in 2012, the Philippines faces a deepening crisis. While overall fertility rates have declined, pregnancies among girls aged 10 to 14 are rising. This article examines three structural causes that explain why the RH Law is reaching some women but leaving the youngest and most vulnerable girls behind.
China has turned education into a geopolitical strategy, producing the engineers behind DeepSeek, ByteDance, and more. The question is no longer whether Europe has noticed. It is whether it can respond fast enough to matter.
Since Sanae Takaichi’s recent statement on Japan’s potential “survival-threatening situation,” diplomatic relations between China, Japan, and Taiwan have reached a crisis point. All three countries are navigating these new tensions. This article analyses and traces the recent debates and discussions in the three countries.
