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Why US presidents end up cursing Benjamin Netanyahu

by Andrew Gawthorpe June 18, 2026June 22, 2026

When the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered a strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on June 14, Donald Trump was not amused. Fearing that the attack threatened an agreement with Iran on ending the war between the two countries, the US president lashed out. Netanyahu, he said, has “no fucking judgment.” He was […]

Countering complaints about Biden’s China strategy

by Robert Sutter November 18, 2023November 22, 2023

The Prigozhin whodunnit

by Stephen Bryen August 25, 2023August 31, 2023

Remembering Carter’s 1994 Pyongyang peace mission

by Mike Chinoy February 21, 2023February 24, 2023

Putin pulling pages from NATO’s Kosovo playbook

by Nikola Mikovic February 28, 2022March 3, 2022

Why Biden won’t be held accountable for Afghanistan

by Daniel Williams August 30, 2021September 3, 2021

Korean War Legacies

Belated American apology for Korean War massacre

by Andrew Salmon November 16, 2020November 19, 2020

China-US Relations

US, China new Cold War long in the making

by Urban C. Lehner August 6, 2020August 11, 2020

United States, World

US Democrats and the impeachment trap

by Eric Posner October 1, 2019February 18, 2020

Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon gather at the White House. Photo: Wikipedia Commons

Beijing, China, Taiwan, United States, World

Does US regret its past China engagement?

by Xuan Loc Doan May 29, 2019February 18, 2020

The trade war between the United States and China has hit business confidence. Photo: iStock

China

Paranoia not any good for US-China relations

by George Koo January 15, 2019

US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

What Trump could learn from Clinton on North Korea

by Muhammad Cohen December 8, 2018February 18, 2020

There are worries that India's digital identity program Aadhaar will become a mass surveillance tool for governments and corporates. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, World

‘Nailing Jello to the wall’ is possible in Xi’s China

by Xuan Loc Doan November 14, 2018November 14, 2018

Former US President Bill Clinton, who was the event's keynote speaker, compared the emergence of blockchain with that of e-commerce in the late 90s. Photo: AFP

China, South Asia, World

The end of America’s China fantasy

by Brahma Chellaney October 23, 2018

US President Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Mark Wilson / dpa for AFP

AT Finance, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

The US-Saudi relationship after Khashoggi

by Barak Barfi October 17, 2018

US President Donald Trump with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 26, 2018, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Photo: AFP/ Nicholas Kamm

AT Finance, China, European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

The balance of China, Japan, and Trump’s America

by Joseph S. Nye October 7, 2018

Former US President Bill Clinton, who was the event's keynote speaker, compared the emergence of blockchain with that of e-commerce in the late 90s. Photo: AFP

Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

Bill Clinton keynote speaker at Ripple blockchain event

by Luke Thompson October 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Former Indonesian president Suharto, seen here with his US counterpart Bill Clinton at an APEC meeting in 1997, right, is thought to have been one of the most corrupt leaders in recent history. Photo: AFP / Joyce Naltchayan

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, South Asia, World

How Bill Clinton hastened Suharto’s demise

by John McBeth August 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Former president Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote address at Ripple's Swell conference in San Francisco in October. Photo: iStock

European Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Bill Clinton to deliver keynote at Ripple conference

by Luke Thompson August 2, 2018February 18, 2020

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Beijing, China, India, Mexico, South Asia, World

How the US can keep up with China

by Jan Krikke June 26, 2018

Iranians burn an image of US President Donald Trump during an anti-US demonstration outside the former US embassy headquarters in the capital Tehran on May 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Atta Kenare

AT Finance, Iran, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

Is Trump getting ready to take home the Nobel Peace Prize?

by George Koo May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets scientists and technicians in the field of research into nuclear weapons. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Is North Korea really ready to denuclearize?

by Taehwa Hong April 25, 2018April 25, 2018

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been bypassed by recent developments on the Korean peninsula, but appears eager to play a role in talks with North Korea in coming weeks. Photo: Reuters/ Kim Kyung-Hoon

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Abe struggles to remain relevant as events bypass Tokyo

by Todd Crowell April 1, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump wants to increase military spending, including a costly upgrade to the country's nuclear arsenal to meet the threat from so-called "revisionist" powers, Russia and China. But the move could pose significant risks to the American economy.Image: iStock/curraheeshutter

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, World

Labeling China and Russia as threats puts the US at risk

by Ken Moak February 12, 2018

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

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

US President Donald Trump and ‪Vice President Mike Pence‬ arrive for Trump to deliver remarks recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at the White House, on December 6, 2017. Photo: Jonathan Ernst

Israel, Jordan, Middle East, World

With his Jerusalem play, Trump grasps a nettle others feared

by Sami Moubayed December 7, 2017February 18, 2020

US Air Force plane from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

On the rehabilitation of George W Bush

by Rebecca Gordon November 23, 2017November 23, 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

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