Three recent actions of the US president give Japan cause for doubt

Beijing woos Himalayan kingdom, the last outpost of Indian dominance in South Asia

Epidemic calls for sophisticated policies at odds with White House direction

Brexit Britain play by the rules that Poland’s leaders dismiss as a nuisance

French president stirs anger with attempt to recast ‘Francafrique’

Senator’s cancer diagnosis could rob Congress of a catalyst for president’s impeachment

Push for control of strategic assets trumps short-term commercial logic

Commitment to competitive electoral politics is strong, even if it falls short

Move to portray Warsaw as leader of central and eastern alliance to counter ‘old Europe’

Hardline policies likely to further alienate residents of the semi-autonomous city

Outlandish helicopter attack provides Nicolás Maduro with an excuse for a crackdown

National judiciaries in Europe are making more strenuous efforts to root out graft

Embargo on Qatar will have a wider regional impact

Philippine leader’s popularity unscathed by drugs war and surge in Islamist militancy

Left and populists ahead in polls but Berlusconi waits in wings for comeback

Scores of leader’s PMDB colleagues are being investigated

After return to Europe, fears grow that Czechs have one foot outside the door again

Rhetorical clashes with Beijing have given way to deep worries about US policy on Asia

Tycoon president’s incessant travails cast his deputy in lead role for Watergate sequel

Sting of defeat may yet embolden hardliners to resist re-elected president

Battles once waged behind closed doors now play out in public

Generals buoyed by advance of autocracy want to lock country in to 20-year plan