China ‘Not An Olympian Power’: Presumptive China Ambassador ‘Confident’ In US

China ‘Not An Olympian Power’: Presumptive China Ambassador ‘Confident’ In US
China ‘Not An Olympian Power’: Presumptive China Ambassador ‘Confident’ In US

Top Senate Foreign Relations Republican sounds alarm after “China’s test […] of a Fractional Orbital Bombardment system,” saying it would “allow the PRC to completely circumvent US early warning capabilities and increase the vulnerability of the continental US to a nuclear attack.”

America Adrift: ‘Bringing The World To Crisis”

America Adrift: ‘Bringing The World To Crisis”
America Adrift: ‘Bringing The World To Crisis”

The Trump administration has watered down U.S. global leadership to coercive deal-making. The dangerous contours of a world in crisis are now coming into stark relief.

Trump’s Wrecking Ball Ideology

Trump’s Wrecking Ball Ideology
Trump’s Wrecking Ball Ideology

A year ago, it would have been tempting to write off President Trump’s “bull in a china shop” diplomacy as the product of inexperience and impulsiveness. However, after eighteen months in the White House tenure, Trump is looking like a man with a method, a leader acting according to a consistent ideology — if not…

The Axis of Chaos: U.S., Saudi Arabia, & Iran

The Axis of Chaos: U.S., Saudi Arabia, & Iran
The Axis of Chaos: U.S., Saudi Arabia, & Iran

  When Air Force One touches down at King Khalid International Airport on Wednesday, President Obama will enter a Middle East figuratively as well as literally on fire. In the current revolutionary period, the region is beset by multiple cross-cutting wars, the ongoing disintegration of at least four states (Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen), and the ascendance…

The New Great Power Triangle Tilt: China, Russia Vs. U.S.

WASHINGTON: The careful diplomatic stagecraft behind President Barack Obama’s recent European visit to celebrate the 70th anniversary of D-Day and to rally the Western alliance against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine was all but swept aside by strong new currents in geopolitics. While Obama talked tough in Poland to reassure NATO’s vulnerable eastern members, Russian President…