The Next Election May Be Our Last

Prime Minister Takaichi’s July visit to India marked a major milestone in Japan-India relations, with both nations signing 129 cooperation agreements targeting semiconductors, critical minerals, clean energy, and AI to build supply chains independent of China while addressing India’s structural economic challenges including employment generation and energy vulnerability.

Major world powers increasingly compete through unrestricted warfare—cyberattacks, disinformation, economic coercion, and hybrid threats—that traditional military rankings fail to capture. The UN must develop concrete operational frameworks to enforce accountability across these domains or risk a chaotic international order where no nation remains secure.

Pakistan and China have rejected new US sanctions on Iran, undermining Washington’s “Operation Economic Outcast” campaign. Experts argue the sanctions lack international legal basis and will likely fail given historical precedent and geopolitical complications, particularly involving China’s rare earth exports.

The US has withdrawn from 31 UN-related entities under a January 2026 presidential directive, fueling debate about the world body’s future and whether it should relocate from New York as the host nation increasingly obstructs UN operations and Palestinian representation.