When Trump’s bluff meets reality on Iran
Another US-Iran crisis, another round of carrier deployments and ultimatums, another set of predictions about imminent warfare. Yet…
Trump at Davos marked start of a new world era
Donald Trump’s concern about the strategic positioning of Greenland is rational. But the way the US president has…
Trump’s ‘amazing’ bargain with Xi turns out a dud
US President Donald Trump touted the trade-war breakthrough with China’s Xi Jinping with predictable triumphalism. On Thursday, Trump…
Biggest-ever PLA purge: Do anti-Xi coup plots or fears explain it?
The most notable development from this week’s Party Plenum is the large-scale purge of the People’s Liberation Army.…