George W. Bush – Page 2 – Asia Times

The United States and China are fighting for world hegemony. Photo: iStock

China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Reality check may make Trump rethink trade war

by Ken Moak April 12, 2018April 12, 2018

China's President Xi Jinping waving in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao

Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Mexico, Middle East, Russia, United Kingdom, World

China edging closer to becoming a global hegemon

by Pattharapong Rattanasevee April 11, 2018

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and then Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert attend Bastille Day celebrations in Paris on July 14, 2008. Photo: AFP / ERIC Feferberg

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

How Israel’s nuclear hegemony serves regional stability

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim March 22, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2016. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

On N Korea and China, Trump indicates readiness to make history

by George Koo March 15, 2018

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. Photo: AFP

World

The World Bank needs to return to its mission

by Jeffrey D. Sachs February 11, 2018February 11, 2018

A 'budtender' helps a customer at the Higher Path medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, California on December 27, 2017. Photo: AFP/Robyn Beck

World

War on pot could speed up marijuana legalization in US

by Paul Seaborn February 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Italy, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Terror in the name of terror

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan February 8, 2018February 8, 2018

President Trump and Melania visit the Forbidden City with China’s President Xi Jinping and China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan, on November 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Can Trump’s America reverse worldwide disapproval?

by George Koo January 22, 2018February 18, 2020

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 Army soldiers take a defensive position in the desert, ready for any trouble that comes their way. Photo: iStock

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

Mapping a world from hell: 76 countries now involved in US ‘war on terror’

by Tom Engelhardt January 9, 2018January 9, 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

US President Donald Trump gestures as he talks to the media on South Lawn of the White House in Washington before his departure to Camp David on December 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Yuri Gripas

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Trump offers a daring program to restore US dominance

by David P. Goldman December 18, 2017February 18, 2020

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

Dr Victor Cha. Source: YouTube

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

Full in-tray waiting as US fills diplomatic hole in Seoul

by Andrew Salmon December 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

Australia, China, European Union, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, World

Kyoto accord 20 years on: hard won but inadequate

by Daniel Hurst December 10, 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

Saudi men chat in front of a poster of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the "MiSK Global Forum" held under the slogan "Meeting the Challenge of Change" in Riyadh, on November 15, 2017. Photo: AFP / Fayez Nureldine

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Mohammad bin Salman and the new balance of power

by Spengler November 22, 2017February 18, 2020

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Overkill — brought to you by the nuclear-industrial complex

by William D Hartung November 20, 2017

Osama bin Laden in June 1999. Photo courtesy of AFP

Afghanistan, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Bin Laden’s America: Niger, 9/11, and apocalyptic humiliation

by Tom Engelhardt November 3, 2017

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

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

Threats against China could result in another Great Depression

by Ken Moak September 18, 2017

North Korean border guards show former US president Jimmy Carter (center) and his wife Rosalynn (third from left) to the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) as they leave North Korea through the Panmunjom border village after Carter's controversial meeting with the then North Korean leader, Kim Il-sung, in this file photo taken on June 18, 1994. Photo: AFP / Choo Youn-Kong

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Mighty America must exercise magnanimity over North Korea

by George Koo September 7, 2017September 7, 2017

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

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

Two US Air Force B-1B bombers fly over the South China Sea while operating with the destroyer USS Sterett. Photo: USAF / Richard Ebensberger

Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Iraq, Middle East, Oceania, Russia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

Real reasons behind ‘China threat’ theory

by Ken Moak August 2, 2017August 3, 2017

The destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul is shown on June 29, 2017. Photo: AFP / Ahmad al-Rubaye

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

Empire of destruction: the reality of ‘precision warfare’

by Tom Engelhardt July 25, 2017

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

A North Korean soldier sits on a bank of the Yalu River just north of Sinuiju, North Korea, on April 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Damir Sagolj

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

Time to think and act differently on North Korea

by George Koo July 9, 2017

Dennis Wilder Photo: Georgetown University

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

Pottinger, Branstad could help cement US role in China’s OBOR

by Doug Tsuruoka June 4, 2017February 18, 2020