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⚡ FAST READ1-min read The US military campaign against Iran has achieved tactical superiority but faces a strategic trap: the longer the conflict persists, the more domestic and international pressure builds on Washington to negotiate, while Iran's decentralized resistance model is designed to outlast conventional military campaigns. ── 3 Key
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⚡ FAST READ1-min read Republican senators are breaking ranks to publicly warn their own president that his tariff regime is generating economic headwinds severe enough to cost the GOP seats in the 2026 midterms — a rare intra-party rebellion that signals the political cost of protectionism is approaching a tipping point. ── 3
Economy & Trade
⚡ FAST READ1-min read A US destroyer and Chinese warships came within 100 meters of collision near the Spratly Islands, the closest naval encounter in years. This incident crystallizes the structural dynamics driving the two superpowers toward a confrontation neither claims to want but both are systematically engineering. ── 3 Key Points
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⚡ FAST READ1-min read Taiwan's activation of advanced US missile defense systems in early 2026 marks a qualitative shift in cross-strait deterrence, threatening to collapse the strategic ambiguity that has prevented great-power conflict for five decades and forcing every regional actor to recalculate their position. ── 3 Key Points ───────── * • Taiwan
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⚡ FAST READ1-min read A 100-meter near-collision between US and Chinese warships near the Spratly Islands marks the most dangerous naval encounter in years, signaling that the US-China rivalry has entered a phase where miscalculation could trigger a conflict neither side wants but both are structurally incentivized to risk. ── 3 Key
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read Behind the IMF chief's unusual warning in Japan lies the risk that a prolonged Middle East situation could reignite inflation through energy prices, fundamentally overturning central banks' interest rate cut scenarios. This is not merely a geopolitical risk, but a phase where the
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⚡ FAST READ1-min read The 2026 US-China naval standoff near Taiwan represents the most dangerous military confrontation between nuclear powers since the Cuban Missile Crisis, with a new Japan-Taiwan defense pact threatening to collapse the ambiguity that has kept peace in the strait for decades. ── 3 Key Points ───────── * • US Navy has
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⚡ FAST READ読了 1分 中国の台湾周辺での軍事演習激化は、単なる威嚇ではなく、米中覇権移行期における構造的エスカレーションの表れである。2026年は台湾海峡の「新常態」が定着するか、あるいは偶発的衝突のリスクが臨界点に達するかの分水嶺となる。 ── 3点で理解する ───────── * • 中国人民解放軍（PLA）は2026年1月〜3月にかけて台湾海峡中間線を越える航空機の出動回数を前年同期比で約40%増加させた * • 中国海軍は空母「福建」を含む艦隊を台湾東方海域に展開し、台湾を包囲する形での演習パターンを常態化させつつある * • 米国は2026年2月に台湾への新たな武器売却パッケージ（推定18億ドル規模）を承認し、中国は即座に駐米大使の一時召還で対抗した ── NOW PATTERN ───────── 米中間の「対立の螺旋」が台湾海峡で加速する中、同盟内部の温度差（同盟の亀裂）と中国の軍事的拡張（権力の過伸展）が交差し、偶発的衝突のリスクを構造的に高めている。 ── 確率と対応 ────── • 基本（Base case） 55% — 米
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⚡ FAST READ1-min read China's intensified military exercises around Taiwan in early 2026 have pushed cross-strait tensions to their highest level since 1996, forcing the US, Japan, and regional allies into a deterrence posture that risks miscalculation and could reshape the entire Indo-Pacific security order. ── 3 Key Points ───────── * • China&
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⚡ FAST READ1-min Read The US and China, accounting for 40% of the global economy, have commenced trade talks in Paris. The two negotiating cards—tariffs and rare earth supply—are not merely trade friction but represent the frontline of a structural conflict over technological hegemony, resource dominance, and alliance realignment,
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read The intensification of China's military exercises around Taiwan is not merely a deterrent, but a manifestation of structural escalation during the US-China hegemonic transition. 2026 will be a watershed year, determining whether a "new normal" in the Taiwan Strait solidifies, or if
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⚡ FAST READ1-min read A 100-meter near-miss between US and Chinese warships near the Spratly Islands represents the closest naval encounter in years, signaling that the South China Sea flashpoint has entered a dangerous new phase where miscalculation could trigger the first direct military confrontation between nuclear powers since the Cold