Trump Administration – Page 7 – Asia Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China, on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Wu Hong

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

US rejection of ‘double freeze’ will increase tension

by Ken Moak September 12, 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, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Recipe for total war on the Grand Chessboard

by Bilal Khan September 11, 2017

As the only country ever to be attacked by atomic weapons – first in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 – Japan may be reluctant to become a nuclear-weapons power itself. Photo: iStock

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

Does Japan really want nuclear weapons?

by Richard A. Bitzinger September 8, 2017

Photo: Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski

AT&T CEO takes on Alphabet in Time Warner bid

by PK Semler September 7, 2017

Members of Pakistan's Frontier Corps patrolling border. Photo: Reuters/Fayaz Aziz

Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The right question about Trump’s Afghan policy

by Bilal Khan September 4, 2017

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embrace during a joint press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in June. Photo: AFP / Nicholas Kamm

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Trump’s ‘new’ South Asia policy is Obama redux

by Bahauddin Foizee September 1, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un guides a target-striking contest of the special operation forces of the Korean People's Army in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on August 25, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

North Korea’s nuclear missile threat and the United States

by Stephen Bryen August 31, 2017

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

The rising American chorus for a nuclear Japan

by Jeremy Luedi August 29, 2017

Wooden poles supply electricity in the Inle Lake region of Myanmar's Shan state. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

US has opportunity to solve Myanmar’s energy dilemma

by Jon Connars August 25, 2017

A Fiat-Chrysler merger with Korea's Hyundai would likely be more palatable to the Trump administration than with a Chinese automaker. Photo: Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom

China, European Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Fiat Chrysler’s Marchionne eyes merger with Korea’s Hyundai

by PK Semler August 25, 2017

Former chief strategist Steve Bannon has left the Trump White House. Photo: AFP/Timothy A Clary

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Is Donald Trump abandoning America’s ‘Asia pivot’?

by Richard A. Bitzinger August 23, 2017

US Army self-propelled howitzers take part in a military exercise near the DMZ in Paju, South Korea, on August 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Korea, Afghanistan and the Never Ending War trap

by Pepe Escobar August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

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

China, Iran, Jordan, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, World

US policy paradox: How to lose friends and influence nothing

by Adam Garrie August 18, 2017

The guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain, shown here in a file photo, was recently involved in a verbal confrontation with China in the Spratly Islands. Photo: Reuters/US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Cheng S Yang/Handout

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

What’s the point of ‘freedom of navigation’ operations?

by Ken Moak August 14, 2017

A THAAD interceptor is test-launched in Kodiak, Alaska, on July 11, 2017. Photo: Leah Garton / Missile Defense Agency / Handout via Reuters

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

Missile defense is the solution to the Korean crisis

by David P. Goldman August 11, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar is reconnecting with the outside world after decades of military rule. Photo: AFP/Khin Maung Win

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Why Myanmar needs foreign-policy think tanks

by Nay Yan Oo July 31, 2017

A US marine stands next to an Afghan National Army soldier during a training exercise in Helmand province on July 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, India, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

EU strategy for Afghanistan is just wishful thinking

by Emanuele Scimia July 28, 2017

Demonstrators hurl stones and shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar on May 27, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Danish Ismail

Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

A terrible beauty is born in the geopolitics of Kashmir

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 22, 2017July 22, 2017

A construction site on the Chinese side of the China-Kazakhstan Khorgos International Border Cooperation Center (ICBC), in Khorgos, China. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Taiwan, World

Q&A: Cooperation between ADB, AIIB a complex ballet

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large July 18, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G20 summit in Hamburg on July 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Markus Schreiber, Pool

China, European Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Trump’s trade ire targets Berlin, not just Beijing

by John J. Metzler July 14, 2017

The Hwasong-14 is seen in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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

US-China relations more strained over North Korea, Taiwan

by Bill Gertz July 6, 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

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, China, European Union, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

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

by Emanuele Scimia July 3, 2017July 3, 2017

Qatari troops take part in a joint naval exercise with US troops in the Persian Gulf on June 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Naseem Zeitoon

Egypt, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

The Gulf crisis, the Muslim Brotherhood and regional flux

by Salman Rafi June 19, 2017

Afghan commandos. Photo: Reuters/Nasir Wakif

Afghanistan, China, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, World

Kabul, Islamabad flog the dead horse of ‘Taliban talks’

by Salman Rafi June 13, 2017

Left to right: European Council President Donald Tusk, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meet at the EU-China Summit in Brussels on June 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Olivier Hoslet/Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

The EU glosses over the South China Sea – unlike France

by Emanuele Scimia June 5, 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

Japan's minister of state for economic and fiscal policy, Nobuteru Ishihara, leaves a meeting of the TPP-11 held on the sidelines of the APEC trade ministers' meeting in Hanoi in May. Photo: Reuters / Hong Dinh Nam

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Not quite dead: how Trump-spurned TPP could be resuscitated

by Xuan Loc Doan May 24, 2017

Map of Syria: iStock

Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Trump may be eyeing Syria deal on trip

by Asia Unhedged May 20, 2017February 18, 2020

A US Army serviceman sits on the tailgate of a helicopter in the Afghan capital Kabul on April 24, 2017. Photo: AFP

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

‘Afghan muck’ much thicker than Trump administration realizes

by Salman Rafi May 5, 2017

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a news conference after concluding the 30th Asean Summit in Manila on April 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand

Asean summit’s upbeat message fails to calm investor nerves

by Gary Kleiman May 2, 2017