Donald Trump’s Washington reaches a new partisan peak
The next president of the United States will only be the president of a party,” Thomas Jefferson predicted as George Washington, with his singular stature, ceded
What South Korea Is Learning From Trump’s Approach to Ukraine
On February 28, what should have been a routine diplomatic event in the Oval Office of the White House turned into a debacle. As media
Trump’s challenge to international order
US President Donald Trump has cast serious doubts on the future of the postwar international order. In recent speeches and UN votes, his administration has
Australia, Japan strengthen security through dual-use tech innovation
As geopolitical tensions rise in the Indo-Pacific, Australia and Japan are deepening their defense and economic ties through the development of dual-use technologies — innovations
China will work to firmly advance ‘reunification’ with Taiwan
Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday China would “firmly advance” the push for “reunification” with Taiwan while opposing external interference, and strive to work
Is Trump’s abrupt turn on Ukraine giving Taiwan jitters as China vows to seize the island?
China’s pomp-filled National People’s Congress, the yearly agenda-setting meeting of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature, Beijing announced that it would ramp up its military spending by
China retaliates against new US tariffs
After the United States’ second 10% tariffs on Chinese goods took effect Tuesday, China retaliated by imposing 10% to 15% tariffs on certain U.S. agricultural
When dealing with China, Australia must prioritise security over economics
China’s economic importance cannot be allowed to supersede all other Australian interests. For the past couple of decades, trade has dominated Australia’s relations with China.
China, America, and the Great Railway Race in Africa
The Mukuba Express had been motionless for eight hours, stopped in a small village about 50 miles west of the Tanzania-Zambia border. “We will be
From Washington to Beijing, a Nuclear Tit-for-Tat
U.S. actions continue to drive China’s nuclear buildup. However, like acceptance of mutual vulnerability, that seems too tough a pill for the U.S. side to