Risks as Sino-Russian ‘Make America Weak Again’ dream coming true
If China and Russia were to have a joint slogan for their “strategic partnership,” it could be “MAWA…
Trump lit the Mideast fire – now he wants the world to put it out
There is a peculiar logic at work in the Trump administration’s approach to the Iran war — one…
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.…