United States
China is catching up to the US, except on this key measure
US Army General Robert Brown told an Australian Strategic Policy Institute dinner in Canberra this week that, on his last visit to Beijing to meet with Chinese military chiefs, he…
Soft-power dressing: China’s moment in the US
Wearing the right dress can be the first step to success.
Pictures of an American teenage girl sporting a red Chinese cheongsam to her prom have gone viral and sparked…
Trump–Kim summit: what’s in the venue?
The venue and date for the Donald Trump–Kim Jong-un summit have yet to be announced, but it appears likely to take place in late May or early June. Panmunjom, on the southern side…
Harry Harris and the ambassadorial absence
The news that US President Donald Trump has reassigned Admiral Harry Harris to Seoul from his expected posting to Canberra has brought forth a somewhat predictable bout of hair…
Kim Jong-un made Donald Trump an offer he couldn’t refuse
US President Donald Trump’s decision to accept an offer to meet with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has elicited deep scepticism from many foreign policy experts and former high…
Why definitions will be crucial for North-South talks
In just over a week, President of South Korea Moon Jae-in will sit with his northern counterpart, Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un, at Panmunjom, the historic site of the…
As threats to Trump mount, allies must uphold the Iran deal
It’s not every day that a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, America’s premier law-enforcement body, calls the sitting president of the US “morally unfit…
Is Trump ready to bear the cost of a trade war?
Agree or disagree with his conclusions, we owe Hugh White thanks for forcing us to grapple with “the China challenge”. White’s writings have stripped away much of the easy, high…
Syria strikes: mission accomplished?
The US military claims the ability of the Syrian regime to use chemical weapons has been set back “for years” following strikes on Saturday. Given it is just one year since…
In Syria, Trump must collude with Russia
President Donald Trump is under enormous pressure to respond militarily to the latest provocation by the Assad regime, but he would do so against all of his instincts and earlier…