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The real winner of the Gaza ceasefire: Qatar

by Leon Hadar October 22, 2025October 25, 2025

US military entanglement in Gaza is a mistake

by Leon Hadar October 20, 2025October 23, 2025

Trump-Erdogan detente a masterclass in transactional diplomacy

by Leon Hadar October 10, 2025October 14, 2025

Donald Trump’s Middle East peace mirage

by Leon Hadar October 6, 2025October 9, 2025

Venezuela as America’s next foreign policy disaster

by Leon Hadar October 4, 2025October 9, 2025

Trump’s Gaza plan just another Middle East fantasy

by Leon Hadar September 30, 2025October 2, 2025

The right way to read Trump’s UN speech

by Leon Hadar September 26, 2025October 1, 2025

Netanyahu’s ‘super-Sparta’ delusion risks national self-destruction

by Leon Hadar September 22, 2025September 22, 2025

US ‘pivot to Asia’ never happened and likely never will

by Leon Hadar September 16, 2025September 20, 2025

Israel needs to embrace the new multipolar reality

by Leon Hadar September 10, 2025September 10, 2025

Washington-Delhi quarrel won’t shake India’s love for Israel

by Leon Hadar September 5, 2025September 5, 2025

China-Israel relations in subtle but certain drift

by Leon Hadar August 30, 2025September 3, 2025

Trump, Venezuela and China’s Latin America advance

by Leon Hadar August 23, 2025August 29, 2025

Ukraine war diplomacy hits limits of US grand strategy

by Leon Hadar August 20, 2025August 23, 2025

Taiwan and the limits of American power

by Leon Hadar August 15, 2025August 21, 2025

Tale of two wars: high costs of military adventures

by Leon Hadar June 24, 2022June 24, 2022

US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership in January 2017. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

Biden’s ‘Asia month’ overshadowed by Ukraine war, tensions with China

by Leon Hadar May 6, 2022May 6, 2022

And the South will rise again?

by Leon Hadar May 2, 2022

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, World

Unpredictable perhaps, but certainly not a madman

by Leon Hadar January 16, 2018

Plans to deliver democracy to various parts of the world have often crashed and burned. Photo: iStock

China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, World

Regime-change fans should know democracy does not guarantee peace

by Leon Hadar January 4, 2018

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks regarding his administration's National Security Strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington on December 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Joshua Roberts

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Trump’s new global vision lacks coherent global strategy

by Leon Hadar December 19, 2017

Donald Trump on a telephone before playing a round of golf in a 2013 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Andrew Innerarity

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

US presidents and foreign policy: intelligent design or evolution?

by Leon Hadar December 16, 2017

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Re-pivoting back to the Middle East? America never left it

by Leon Hadar November 19, 2017

US President Donald Trump speaks on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, on November 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Nyein Chan Naing / Pool

AT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Trump is a protectionist? So was Reagan

by Leon Hadar November 14, 2017

A missile is launched from a warship on the high seas. 3D Illustration: iPhoto

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Pax Americana may be over, but US remains first among equals

by Leon Hadar October 17, 2017

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton meets with Asian-American and Pacific Islander elected officials on January 7, 2016. Photo: AFP / Frederic J Brown

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, India, Middle East, South Asia, Vietnam, World

The two Americas: on whose side are Asian-Americans?

by Leon Hadar October 11, 2017