Daniel Kritenbrink Archives

US envoy Kritenbrink visits Hanoi days after Putin, says US-Vietnam trust at ‘all-time high’

A senior US diplomat held talks in Vietnam on Saturday and said that the trust between the two countries was at an “all-time high”, just days after Russian President Vladimir …

US knew Nauru might cut ties to Taiwan before it did so, State Department official says

by Walter Watson

A top US State Department official has acknowledged that the US was aware that the Pacific island nation of Nauru was weighing whether to switch its diplomatic ties from Taiwan …

China benefits from global stability even as it tries to undercut it, US official says

by Walter Watson

China enjoys the best of both worlds, benefiting from the global stability that the United States has fostered even as it undermines that stability in areas where it suits its …