Preserving U.S. Interests in the Indo-Pacific
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The Dangers of Debt-Ceiling Brinkmanship
‘For the past few decades, the United States has beaten a gradual retreat from the South Pacific. Given the aggressive manoeuvres of China in the region, that path must obviously be reversed.’
Biden has canceled yet another test of our ICBM system so as not to cause more tension with China.
What might happen in Iran if America or Israel bombed the nuclear sites?
Either we do it or our enemies do it
If anyone is going to derail the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions, Israel is really the only local counterweight that counts.
The United States and Europe need to toughen up on the spoilers in their own ranks.
Unless we mobilize, expect no good outcome
Its campaign of demonization and delegitimization escalates
Turkey-Russia Relations Under Erdogan and Putin
‘Japan and US have had a relationship with the Micronesian region for over 100 years. Australia has also been providing patrol boats for the past nearly 30 years. India has just begun. It will be important to build a relationship first.’
Most leaders in the region want closer relationships with other democracies, especially in economic development, education, and health care, so that they have option to China’s CNP (Comprehensive National Power) onslaught.
Germany after World War I provides a distant mirror
The call for the United States to show “restraint” by withdrawing from foreign entanglements and keeping the focus at home is growing in foreign-policy circles – and not just in the Trump administration....
Jews who were forced to flee from their homes in Arab lands
India showed itself, and others, it could lead on a comprehensive national pushback on China. Now, it is scaling that up internationally by building on existing linkages and creating new ones.
Turkey and Greece, two NATO allies, nearly experienced a full-fledged military conflict in August. Two of their warships collided during a naval standoff over hydrocarbon exploration in the Eastern...
Isolationists among both Democrats and Republicans want to withdraw from foreign entanglements. That would make the world much less safe.