Plus: the latest on ASEAN and why Democrats are so lost

Below are last week’s top stories among FP readers. Plus: Ahead of the upcoming ASEAN Summit, catch up on the latest analysis of the Asia-Pacific. Read the coverage.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump meet during the G-7 leaders’ summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 16.

Canada Shows How to Neutralize Trump’s Trade Attacks Ottawa’s latest reforms are a blueprint for Washington’s victims around the world.

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East Timor President José Ramos-Horta delivers a speech at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 1.

Timor-Leste Adds a New Wrinkle to U.S.-China Competition Southeast Asia’s freest democracy is joining ASEAN and could shift the balance of power.

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Flags of Russia and the Russian Airborne Forces fly above graves of Russian soldiers at a cemetery in Yefremov, Russia, on March 23, 2023.

Russia’s Next Opposition Will Not Be Liberal Army corruption and mass death are breeding new dissent—deep inside Vladimir Putin’s loyal core.

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U.S. Marines unload from a V-22 Osprey aircraft at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 13.

What’s the U.S. Endgame in Venezuela? Three possible scenarios for Trump and Caracas.

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ASEAN car contingent seen during the 68th Malaysia Independence day celebration in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on 31 Aug.

Why World Leaders Are Descending on ASEAN Timor-Leste’s president said it was easier to get into heaven than the Southeast Asian bloc.

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A reflection of the U.S. Capitol is seen on the second day of the federal government shutdown in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 2.

Why the Democrats Are So Lost For decades, the party has been mostly counterpunching against the right with no real agenda of its own. 

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport before boarding his plane to Sharm El-Sheikh, on October 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The Peace in Gaza Won’t Last Only the end of Israel’s special relationship with the United States would signal a true end of war.

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Canada Shows How to Neutralize Trump’s Trade Attacks
Ottawa’s latest reforms are a blueprint for Washington’s victims around the world.

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Timor-Leste Adds a New Wrinkle to U.S.-China Competition
Southeast Asia’s freest democracy is joining ASEAN and could shift the balance of power.

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Russia’s Next Opposition Will Not Be Liberal
Army corruption and mass death are breeding new dissent—deep inside Vladimir Putin’s loyal core.

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What’s the U.S. Endgame in Venezuela?
Three possible scenarios for Trump and Caracas.

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Why World Leaders Are Descending on ASEAN
Timor-Leste’s president said it was easier to get into heaven than the Southeast Asian bloc.

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Why the Democrats Are So Lost
For decades, the party has been mostly counterpunching against the right with no real agenda of its own. 

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