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Might India take up Trump's new offer to sell it F-35 fighters? Could it pick Russia's Su-57? And do either meet India's immediate needs? For the latest Economist, I went to India's biggest airshow to witness the contest over the world's top arms importer economist.com/asia/2025/02/2…

In this week's Drum Tower podcast for The Economist, Alice Su 蘇奕安 and I explore how China aims to capture Taiwan without even fighting a war. Might economic coercion, psychological warfare and political infiltration be enough? economist.com/podcasts/2025/…

Why India sees opportunity as well as risk in Trump's trade war. It hopes to benefit from higher tariffs on China, Vietnam, Bangladesh and quickly seal a trade deal with the US. But domestic resistance could be stiff. My piece for this week's Economist economist.com/asia/2025/04/0…

I did an update on the Panama ports deal for this week's Economist. The signing's been postponed amid more signs of Chinese dissent. But has Xi made a final decision to block it or is he building leverage for broader talks with Trump on trade, Taiwan etc? economist.com/china/2025/04/…

What happened to the China hawks? For the latest Economist, I look at the waning influence of conventional China hawks around Trump despite the trade war. His broader China goals are unclear but among advisers, homeland-focused "restrainers" are ascendant econ.st/3EqbKsX

How will India respond to last week's Kashmir attack? For The Economist, I look at India's options for military strikes on Pakistan. Modi faces public pressure to go beyond a 2019 airstrike. But some advisers want a calibrated response to avoid escalation economist.com/asia/2025/04/2…

Are India and Pakistan heading for war? For this week's Economist, cyril almeida and I looked at India's options for military strikes and Pakistan's likely response. The short version: this standoff could be more perilous than the last major one, in 2019 economist.com/asia/2025/05/0…

Can India and Pakistan control a new cycle of escalation? Our take in this week's Economist on the biggest Indian aerial attack on its neighbour in more than 50 years. By Shashank Joshi in London, cyril almeida in Islamabad and me in Delhi. economist.com/asia/2025/05/0…

How a plan to sell two ports on the Panama Canal dragged Hong Kong's richest man into the US-China rivalry. On this week's Drum Tower podcast from The Economist, I join Emma Irving to explore why and how Xi Jinping might block the $23bn deal econ.st/4k7YB73

This India-Pakistan crisis looks unlike previous ones. With fighting at its worst since 1999, both are hitting military sites far beyond Kashmir. They're using drones and other high-end imported arms. And now the nuclear signalling has begun. With cyril almeida economist.com/asia/2025/05/0…

Just as India's showdown with Pakistan was spiralling out of control, it seems to be coming to a halt. After four days of escalating military clashes, they have agreed to a ceasefire. But will it hold? My story from Delhi with cyril almeida in Islamabad economist.com/asia/2025/05/1…