Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has entrusted Ali Larijani, the top national security official, to ensure the Islamic Republic endures possible war and assassination.
Budapest prosecutes “antifascist” violent criminals. No, that doesn’t make it fascist. The post The Real Reason Leftists Hate Hungary’s Courts appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Real Reason Leftists Hate Hungary’s Courts Budapest prosecutes “antifascist” violent criminals. No, that doesn’t make it fascist. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, risking his life and liberty, visited Hungary this week, a sinister land from which travelers are lucky to ever return, rather than being thrown away to rot inside a neo-Nazi prison cell. This, of course, is a total myth based on left-wing slurs. Having a properly functioning border system, Hungary finds it far easier just to keep all the criminal aliens out in the first place. That’s easier than arresting them after they’ve…Open
Beijing should turn down the temperature, for its own sake. The post On Taiwan and Japan, Chinese Belligerence Backfires appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs On Taiwan and Japan, Chinese Belligerence Backfires Beijing should turn down the temperature, for its own sake. When conservative Sanae Takaichi became the new leader of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the country’s prime minister in October 2025, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) clearly was unhappy about that development. Chinese officials became even more annoyed when Takaichi voiced strong support for preserving the de facto independence of Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province. During a parliamentary debate in November, she was asked repeatedly about how…Open
Team Mirai, a political party founded by software engineers, won 11 seats in Japan’s legislature by promising chatbots, self-driving buses and high-tech jobs.
President Trump said his planned meeting with President Xi Jinping would be a grand display, but tensions over trade and defense could dampen the mood.