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Burning the US flag. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

America’s self-defeating quest for global supremacy

by Ken Moak July 10, 2018July 10, 2018

Data from smartphones and apps is at risk. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, World

Our infant information revolution

by Joseph S. Nye June 17, 2018June 17, 2018

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

The sad history behind the Syria crisis

by Alexander Casella April 25, 2018

A US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber flying over South Korea with US and South Korean fighter jets during a joint military drill this week. Photo: South Korean Defense Ministry via AFP

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

A tale of American hubris

by Tom Engelhardt April 15, 2018April 15, 2018

National Security Adviser John Bolton Photo: AFP / Alex Wong

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

A dangerous Trump spring

by Chris Patten April 6, 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

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

The drums of war again herald the sorry rhymes of history

by David Simmons March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

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

Hawk flies back into the White House to shake up world order

by Asia Times staff March 23, 2018February 18, 2020

US tanks pose for a photo under the "Hands of Victory" in Ceremony Square, Baghdad, Iraq. Photo: US Air Force/John L Houghton

AT Finance, China, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Iraqi writer reminds us what America’s ‘rules-based order’ looks like

by Asia Times staff March 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Donald Trump plays a stroke at his Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Photo: AFP / Andy Buchanan

AT Finance, China, Iraq, Middle East, Vietnam, World

Donald Trump and the worrying decline of US soft power

by Joseph S. Nye February 11, 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

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

Souvenir plates with images of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong and President Xi Jinping are seen at a shop during the Communist Party's 19th National Congress in Beijing. Photo: Reuters/ Tyrone Siu

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

China is no more ‘aggressive’ than US and its allies

by Ken Moak November 27, 2017

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

This file photo shows US General David Petraeus when he was commander of the international security assistance force and commander of US Forces in Afghanistan, testifying at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the situation in Afghanistan in 2011. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Vietnam, World

‘Tell me how this ends?’ Petraeus finally answers his own question

by Tom Engelhardt October 19, 2017October 19, 2017

A US Marine F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Jet sits in a hangar at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Photo: Reuters / Michael Spooneybarger

Afghanistan, Chengdu, China, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Should US military be betting the farm on stealth?

by Stephen Bryen October 19, 2017

People gather at a building destroyed by Saudi-led air strikes in the northwestern city of Amran, Yemen, on September 8, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Khaled Abdullah

Afghanistan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

South Korea may be next victim of US lust for battle

by Ehsan Sehgal September 27, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has responded to threats made at the UN by US President Donald Trump. Kim described Trump as mentally deranged for threatening to destroy North Korea.
Image: Annika Laas/Wikidpedia Commons.

Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Financial markets shrug off growing North Korean tensions

by Nigel Green September 23, 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

Theresa May attends a campaign rally in the West Midlands town of Solihull ahead of the UK election on June 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Ben Stansall/Pool

Iraq, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

British voters deciding what ‘enough is enough’ really means

by Shazar Shafqat June 8, 2017

President Donald Trump and daughter, Ivanka, benefit from their business links to China, despite Trump's rhetoric to get tough with China on trade and to put America first. Much of Ivanka's clothing line is made in China and Trump appears now to have softened his stance on trade with China. Photo: AFP/Timothy A. Clary

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Iraq, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Donald Trump’s U-turn on his anti-China rhetoric makes sense

by Ken Moak March 24, 2017

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