News Snapshot:
The “Doomsday Clock” stands at 90 seconds to midnight. It’s the closest it’s ever been to armageddon. With good cause. Global tensions are spiralling out of control. Russia has invaded Ukraine. But that brutal fight is a harbinger of what could come to Southeast Asia. This week, Chairman Xi’s newly hand-picked parliament set the tone for the next five years. It’s assertive. It’s defiant. It’s aggressive. It wants Taiwan – preferably peaceably, by force if necessary. At the same time, Washington’s newly Republican-controlled Congress is determined to demonstrate its support for the distant island democracy. No matter the diplomatic cost....
