EUROPEAN NUCLEAR WATCHDOG

CAIRO - BY ASIA INSIDER - Jun 05,2026

In the latter decades of the 20th century, public opinion in Western European nations strongly questioned the strategy of nuclear deterrence, with widespread protests against the deployment of new nuclear weapons marking the period. This skepticism has persisted, as evidenced by multiple surveys indicating a significant preference among European citizens for the removal of nuclear weapons from the continent. A notable instance of this sentiment was captured in a NATO survey on nuclear weapons conducted in January 2020, prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as a 2019 YouGov poll for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which showed a clear opposition to nuclear weapons in Belgium, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands—all host countries for US nuclear arms. 

    CHINESE YUAN EMERGES AMID DE-DOLLARIZATION

      HONG KONG  - BY   ASIA INSIDER  -   Jun 05,2026

    Pakistan and Argentina have recently made significant shifts away from their traditional reliance on the US dollar in international transactions Pakistan has made its first government-to-government purchase of tons of Russian crude oil using the Chinese yuan instead of the US dollar This marks a departure from their usual practice of using the dollar for export payments Similarly Argentina has recently settled transactions worth a staggering billion with China using the yuan as the primary currency nbsp In April and May of Argentina's imports were settled in yuan a move that is expected to strengthen their foreign exchange reserves and