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S.B. Woo speaks at a meeting of the University of Delaware Association of Retired Faculty. Photo: University of Delaware

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Philippines, Shanghai, South Asia, World

The Asian American battle over college admissions

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large August 26, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump announces his strategy for Afghanistan during an address from Fort Myer, Virginia, on August 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

For Afghanistan, Trump should dust off Obama’s Syria plan

by Adam Garrie August 22, 2017

US President Donald Trump smiles during a meeting with members of his Cabinet at the White House on June 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

High crimes and demeanors in the Age of Trump

by Tom Engelhardt August 20, 2017

Charlottesville, Virginia, community members on August 16, 2017, leave candles and flowers at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson at a vigil for Heather Heyer. Photo: Reuters via Tim Dodson/The Cavalier Daily

China, European Union, World

The Bloody Shirt of Charlottesville and its unintended consequences

by Spengler August 18, 2017August 18, 2017

Construction is shown on Mischief Reef in the disputed South China Sea in this June 19, 2017 satellite image released by CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Photo: CSIS/AMTI Digital Globe/handout via Reuters

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US raising pressure in South China Sea

by Bill Gertz August 14, 2017August 14, 2017

What do Donald's Asia bankers think about his tax cuts? Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

Afghanistan, AT Finance, France, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Slouching toward Mar-a-Lago: post-Cold War consensus collapses

by Andrew Bacevich August 10, 2017

An oil production platform in Iran's Soroush oil fields. Photo: Reuters / Raheb Homavandi

China, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, United Kingdom, World

New Iran sanctions simply don’t add up

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 31, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Russia adjusts to realities in US politics

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 30, 2017

President Trump speaks in the Oval Office in February.
Photo: AFP/Nicholas Kamm

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Indonesia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Trump puts pragmatism before ideology in Southeast Asia

by David Hutt July 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is seen in this undated photo released by his family. Photo: Handout via Reuters

The two sides of late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

by George Koo July 17, 2017

US Marine Lt. General David Berger (R) and Chief of the Royal Thai armed forces General Surapong Suwana-Adth (C) pose for a photograph at the end of a live fire military display in Nakhon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand on February 24, 2017, the last day of the 10-day multi-national Cobra Gold military exercise. Photo: AFP/ Roberto Schmidt

AT Finance, China, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

With arms and invites, US lightens up on Thailand

by Richard S Ehrlich July 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Trump is right about challenging Russia over Syria

by Spengler July 10, 2017

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

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Taiwan in the TPP: how to break the cross-strait status quo

by Emanuele Scimia July 3, 2017July 3, 2017

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is no Kim Jong-un. Photo: TIMA via Reuters

France, Iran, Middle East, Turkey, World

Hypocritical Trump fans fires of sectarian conflict

by Neville Sarony May 25, 2017May 25, 2017

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Photo: Handout via Reuters

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

Obama should be made to testify over the Iran nuclear deal

by Todd Royal May 17, 2017

US President Donald Trump poses with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House on May 10th, 2017. Lavrov is the highest-ranking Russian official to visit Washington since Trump came to power in January. Photo: Agence France-Presse / Russian Foreign Ministry

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Trump ignores status quo apologists to engage Russia

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 11, 2017February 18, 2020

India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Obama and the $400,000 question

by Kaushik Basu May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

US Vice President Mike Pence is in Jakarta this week in the first visit to Indonesia and the region by a top member of the Trump administration. Asean leaders hope the visit will help clarify the US relationship with Southeast Asia. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Trump team needs to clarify its Asean relationship

by Xuan Loc Doan April 20, 2017April 28, 2017

Al Pacino gets exasperated at the obstacles facing the Asia pivot. Photo via YouTube

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, World

I thought I was out: Middle East drawing US from Asia pivot

by Harry J Kazianis April 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Guantanamo's Camp Delta will continue to prove a contentious issue both domestically and internationally. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, European Union, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

An unholy trinity: torture, rendition and indefinite detention

by Rebecca Gordon April 9, 2017April 12, 2017

What can Xi Jinping expect at Donald Trump's tea party in Florida. Photo: via YouTube trailer

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Welcome to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Mr Xi

by Ben Richardson April 6, 2017February 18, 2020

These two images were published side by side on the Chinese social media site Weibo in 2013. Credit: Weibo, Reuters

Australia, Beijing, China, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, World

Lost love: Xi-Trump so far from Winnie-the-Pooh diplomacy

by Johan Nylander April 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

China a friend in need to Malaysia

by David Hutt March 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Does Donald Trump walking away from TPP hand trade clout in Asia to China? Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Trump shares Obama’s myopia in doing business with China

by Anthony Rowley February 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Axel Schmidt

China, India, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

The 2016 US presidential election: Ruined by murky spy moves

by Kadayam Subramanian January 21, 2017January 22, 2017

Trump is not a happy man with Chinese companies acquisition of US assets. Photo: Mandel Ngan/ AFP

China, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, World

Off to a bad start

by Norman A. Bailey January 21, 2017January 20, 2017

People walk past a picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Bab Sharqi entrance, near the Jobar district of Damascus, Syria, January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Trump presidency brings optimism to intra-Syrian talks

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 20, 2017

President Barack Obama acknowledges the crowd as he arrives to deliver his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois. REUTERS/John Gress

France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Obama cries wolf to undermine Trump’s Russian agenda

by Mikhail Molchanov January 12, 2017January 12, 2017

Members of the Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. File Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Afghanistan braces for a longer US stay

by Salman Rafi January 12, 2017January 11, 2017

US President Barack Obama holds a press conference at the conclusion of the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru November 20, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

Does China now regret snubbing Obama?

by Xuan Loc Doan January 11, 2017