“I’m not going to let that happen on my watch.” White House officials told reporters it was too early to say what action might be taken, and said no decision …
Countries can take a leaf out of Asean’s playbook. Despite its economic intertwinement with and proximity to China, and strategic and military ties with the United States, Southeast Asia has …
Three decades ago, the landscape for democracies looked markedly different. The end of the Cold War ushered in a unique unipolar moment, with the US reigning supreme and unchallenged. A …
The economic difficulties are not just cyclical, nor simply due to global headwinds. They are symptomatic of deeper structural challenges. Despite Beijing’s reiterations that “one country, two systems” is to …
Vietnam is in a sweet spot and not wasting it. It is the new darling of foreign capital and a rising manufacturing hub. It is emerging as an early winner …
“At the crossroads of war and peace, major countries must adhere to fairness and justice, uphold objectivity and impartiality, demonstrate calmness and rationality, and make every effort to cool down …
A report from the non-profit Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in May concluded that: “Excluding China from supplying critical minerals is simply not possible in the short term.” China’s large …
The leaders of Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands will not attend this week’s annual Pacific Islands Forum, posing a challenge for regional unity amid competition for influence between …
The United States and China, the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters, will hold weekend talks in California to seek progress ahead of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, the …
The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies and video surveillance company Hikvision, are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the …