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Trump Could Make Asia More United March 29, 2025

US President Donald Trump has raised the spectre of economic and geopolitical turmoil in Asia. While individual countries have few options for pushing back against Trump’s transactional diplomacy, protectionist trade policies and erratic decision-mak...

ASEAN

Asia

Strengthening U.S. Alliances in the Indo-Pacific March 27, 2025

American allies in the Indo-Pacific are the cornerstone of the US strategy to maintain regional stability, deter aggression, and uphold a free and open international order. Through access, interoperability, and shared capabilities, these alliances ex...

South Korea

Asia

Asian Calm Before Trump’s Inflationary Storm March 27, 2025

Asian inflation muted while U.S. rate flares but it’s only a matter of time before Trump’s tariffs wreak price havoc everywhere ...

china

inflation

tariffs

Riyadh Talks Agree on Black Sea Fighting Lull March 26, 2025

White House reports say there was agreement on safe navigation on the Black Sea, banning military use of commercial vessels ...

Ukraine

The Reverse Nixon/Kissinger… Finally March 24, 2025

For nearly 13 years, well before the Maidan/Crimea crisis and even Trump’s initial run for President, this author has argued for a “Reverse Nixon” or “Reverse Kissinger” tilt to Russia to balance China.In light of the recent dust-up with Ukrainian Pr...

A New Asian Bloc in the Making? March 24, 2025

Senior officials from China, South Korea and Japan will soon meet in Tokyo to try to establish a more formal relationship, replete with security and economic benefits. Informal talks had already been held between China and Japan, so it appears the tw...

Asia

china

East-West Divide Over Plan To Replace U.S. in NATO March 24, 2025

Poland, Romania and Baltic States prefer to remain under US security umbrella regardless of what happens to NATO ...

NATO

Why Trump’s Global Transformation Might Just Succeed March 22, 2025

Since returning to office in January 2025, Donald Trump has aggressively pursued a radical reshaping of US foreign policy. ...

Donald Trump

foreign policy

Trump Ignores the Power of Nationalism at His Peril March 21, 2025

US President Donald Trump has exploited American nationalism as effectively as anyone in living memory. What sets him apart is his use of national humiliation as a political emotion. Any presidential candidate can talk their country up, but Trump kno...

Donald Trump

Zelensky’s Bow to Trump Tries To Turn Tables on Putin March 21, 2025

Trump-Zelensky have ‘very good and productive’ call after White House blowout, upping pressure on Putin to make concessions ...

Russia

Germany Turns Against America March 20, 2025

Mediocre Merz with the charisma of an administrative official rises to plunge Germany into massive new debt in order to challenge the USA ...

Germany

South Korea Showing Tell-Tale Signs of Terminal Decline March 20, 2025

Sandwiched between China’s tech juggernaut and Trump’s tariffs, Korea’s political paralysis couldn’t come at a worse economic time ...

South Korea

Trump Must Consider a Stronger Lithuanian Partnership March 20, 2025

As a first-generation American of Lithuanian descent, I have a strong connection to this Baltic country. My parents fled Lithuania in 1985, then under Soviet control, and arrived in America in 1986 for a shot at the American dream.Like millions of fa...

Abe's Legacy and Japan's Next Moves March 19, 2025

Japan

What’s Next After Trump-Putin Phone Call March 19, 2025

Since a deal solely between Russia and the US is not going to work, time is not only on Putin’s side but also on Zelensky’s ...

Russia

Ukraine

Taiwan Must Act Before China Decides Its Fate March 17, 2025

By acting first, Taiwan can lock in alliances, reinforce its economic indispensability and deter aggression ...

Taiwan

Kra Canal: The Impossible Dream Of Southeast Asia Shipping March 14, 2025

Why Russia’s Military Has Been So Resilient March 13, 2025

Ukraine has agreed to a United States proposal of a 30-day ceasefire in its war with Russia following talks with United States officials in Saudi Arabia. ...

Russia

Perestroika Begins in America Under Trump March 12, 2025

Like Gorbachev’s restructuring of Soviet communism, Trump needs to tame the debt and restore the fortunes of the average American ...

Donald Trump

America’s and Ukraine’s Interests Don’t Align March 11, 2025

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s blowup in the Oval Office was the end of what should have been an obvious chain of events. The press has reported for the past two months on what increasingly dire relations between ...

Taliban’s Fractured Regime Teeters Toward Collapse March 11, 2025

Internal divisions, economic mismanagement and extremist policies threaten regime implosion and new conflict in Afghanistan ...

Afghanistan

Can China Keep Winning Without Fighting? March 10, 2025

Xi Jinping has mastered Sun Tzu’s strategy of subduing without fighting to consolidate global power but perhaps for not much longer ...

china

Iraq’s Plan To Transform Its Economy Is a Risky Bet March 10, 2025

Iraq’s Development Road aims to reduce dependence on oil by turning the country into a key trade corridor between Asia and Europe. ...

How China Could ‘Win’ the War in Ukraine March 10, 2025

A fracturing of the United States-NATO alliance and a Russia-favorable resolution of the war in Ukraine would represent a significant strategic victory for Xi Jinping, the apotheosis of an alliance sealed by Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at...

china

Corruption in Pakistan March 10, 2025

As Pakistan backs away from its anti-corruption transparency pledge, the consequences could ripple beyond its $7 billion IMF loan programme, threatening regional stability in South Asia and causing repercussions in Europe. ...

Pakistan