Whether Trump wins or loses, Trumpism has come to stay. It will remain an active force in US politics. American democracy has had to deal with racial and class divides time and again in its history. However, a nation or society being divided along lines of prejudice is one thing, for it to be defined […]
Trump’s facilitating an alliance with India and arming Taiwan as a frontier state against a rising China will be his defining legacy, a strategy that will likely continue even if Joe Biden wins the presidency. Read Here | The National Interest
With another US presidential election comes another debate about the merits of American foreign policy over the preceding four years. But the Donald Trump administration’s record in strategic Southeast Asia – a key battleground for influence vis-à-vis China – elicits more polarized opinions than usual. Read Here | Asia Times
Beyond the realm of policy, a Trump victory would mark a sea change for the United States’ relationship with the rest of the world. It would signal to others that Washington has given up its aspirations for global leadership and abandoned any notion of moral purpose on the international stage. Read Here | Foreign Affairs
The visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to India for the third India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue coupled with the recent Quad consultations between the two sides have refocused attention on the ties between two of the world’s biggest, and perhaps most consequential, democracies. Read Here | […]
Whether or not this is Donald Trump’s last year as president, the near-certainty of new episodes of reckless overreach by American foreign policymakers means that this is not the last the country has seen of his America First policy. Read Here | The National Interest
There is a new parlour game that Washington’s diplomatic circles are playing with increasing frustration. It’s called: “Can you crack the Biden foreign-policy team’s cone of silence?” Read Here | Foreign Policy
Excavating the tension between isolationism and internationalism can help restore prudence to U.S. statecraft. Charles Kupchan seeks to do just that in his new book. Read Here | The National Interest
US President Donald Trump has been reaching into his 2016 playbook to target China during his re-election campaign, playing up his administration’s combative approach to Beijing and portraying his opponent Joe Biden as “soft” on China. Read Here | South China Morning Post
Managing the relationship with Beijing is a long-term project that cannot succeed without domestic revitalisation, greater unity of national purpose, and a respect for global opinion. But above all, U.S. leaders have to take a much more realistic view of the United States’ relationship with China than is now common in Washington… Read Here | […]
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