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  • 5 Mar 2019
    • United States
    • China

    The Huawei indictments: allegations and politics

    Elise Thomas
    The Justice Department’s allegations are serious but the Chinese company doesn’t seem versed in intelligence tradecraft.
  • 4 Mar 2019
    • United States
    • Russia

    Breaking Russia’s space stranglehold

    Morris Jones
    America’s new spacecraft represents a significant strategic shift in space.
  • 4 Mar 2019
    • China
    • North Korea
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • United States

    Four reasons why China supports North Korea

    Wang Chenjun , Richard McGregor
    China’s policy on the Korean peninsula is based on geopolitical calculus. Its support of North Korea will stay intact.
  • 1 Mar 2019
    • United States
    • North Korea

    Kim-Trump 2.0: three observations

    Nick Bisley
    Hanoi marks the moment when Washington learned to stop worrying about North Korea’s bomb.
  • 27 Feb 2019
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • Vietnam

    Why North Korea – and Vietnam – can benefit from the Hanoi Summit

    Trinh Le
    A more prosperous North Korea is a best case, as it is always harder to negotiate with someone who has nothing to lose.
  • 25 Feb 2019
    • United States
    • North Korea

    Trump-Kim summit II: North Korea’s superficial modernisation

    Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings , Gianluca Spezza
    <p>Needing a bike to deliver medicines&nbsp;but having a TV in most households exemplifies the development paradox.</p>
  • 22 Feb 2019
    • Europe
    • United States
    • The Trump Presidency

    Trouble in Munich: the transatlantic breakup

    Michael Fullilove
    <p>Europe and America read from diverging scripts at the annual strategic confab, the Munich Security Conference.</p>
  • 21 Feb 2019
    • United States
    • China
    • Technology

    The tremendous impact of a US-China investment and technology war

    Michael Thawley
    The impending bifurcation of the world internet economy will disrupt many industries, companies and national economies.
  • 8 Feb 2019
    • United States
    • The Trump Presidency

    Of “foolish wars, politics … ridiculous partisan investigations”

    Erin Hurley
    A Democrat-controlled House and a feisty Republican senate auger meaningful congressional oversight of foreign affairs.
  • 7 Feb 2019
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • Vietnam

    The Vietnamese venue will shape the second Trump-Kim summit

    Khang Vu
    <p>Trump and Kim Jong-un will meet in Vietnam, a backdrop with history for the US&nbsp;and promise for North Korea.</p>
  • 7 Feb 2019
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • The Trump Presidency

    Yes, Hillary could have led the world to war with Kim Jong-un

    Daniel Flitton
    A hoary “what if”, but Trump has helped calm Korean peninsula dangers in a way that may have eluded his 2016 rival.
  • 5 Feb 2019
    • United States
    • North Korea

    Getting a better outcome from the second Trump-Kim summit

    Robert E Kelly
    Why not start by demanding North Korea finally give us a list or inventory of its weapons?
  • 1 Feb 2019
    • United States
    • Afghanistan War
    • Afghanistan

    US, Taliban, Afghanistan peace talks: timing is critical

    Mohib Iqbal
    <p>Should the US agree to a full pull-out of its troops, Afghanistan may fall into the chaos of the past.</p>
  • 31 Jan 2019
    • United States
    • Asia and Pacific
    • China

    Pacific collateral from the INF Treaty collapse

    Clive Williams
    Leaving the treaty would allow the US to quickly build up regional arsenal of new nuclear weapons to challenge China.
  • 22 Jan 2019
    • United States
    • China
    • Canada

    The fate of three Canadians may now rest with Donald Trump

    Donald R Rothwell
    Beijing can justifiably be concerned about the detention of a citizen, but not hold foreigners in arbitrary retaliation.
  • 18 Jan 2019
    • United States
    • Review

    Book Review: the Clinton fiction

    Sam Roggeveen
    Clinton’s book has nothing new to say about politics but it may offer some insight into his assessment of the world.
  • 15 Jan 2019
    • United States
    • Philippines

    Philippine alliance angst

    Malcolm Cook
    A call for the Philippines' possible withdrawal from the US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty has come as a surprise.
  • 7 Jan 2019
    • United States
    • Review

    Book review: Grappling with the legacy of Barack Obama

    Alastair Davis
    Ben Rhodes’ memoir of his years in the Obama White House defends his record but is tinged by doubt.
  • 31 Dec 2018
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • China

    Best of The Interpreter 2018: The US-China trade war

    The Interpreter
    The two largest economies in the world have spent the year exchanging threats of retaliatory tariffs.
  • 21 Dec 2018
    • United States
    • The Trump Presidency

    Was Jim Mattis really the “last adult in the room”?

    Sam Roggeveen
    Mattis said Trump deserves a defense secretary “whose views are better aligned with yours”. Does such a person exist?
  • 20 Dec 2018
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Syria

    What happens next? Trump’s sudden Syria exit

    Rodger Shanahan
    Exactly what “moving on” means will become apparent in the months ahead but such a rapid exit has obvious ramifications.
  • 20 Dec 2018
    • United States
    • China
    • Africa

    The new US Africa strategy is not about Africa. It’s about China

    Cornelia Tremann
    A US Africa strategy should focus on US-Africa relations, not on China-Africa relations.
  • 19 Dec 2018
    • United States
    • China

    What I missed this year: America pushes back

    Sam Roggeveen
    There has been a clear shift in US thinking regarding China's long term trajectory.
  • 17 Dec 2018
    • Global Economy
    • United States
    • China

    US-China tensions: is this about economics or security?

    Stephen Grenville
    The challenge might seem to be China’s economic behaviour rather than old-fashioned power rivalry.
  • 11 Dec 2018
    • Defence & Security
    • United States

    US killing by drone: continuity and escalation

    Simon Frankel Pratt
    <p>The US use of drones in “targeted killings” has grown under Donald Trump, continuing Barack Obama’s legacy.</p>
  • 7 Dec 2018
    • United States
    • China

    US-China competition is all about us

    Peter Layton
    Everybody else will be the objects of China-US competition, called upon to make choices in favour of one or the other.
  • 5 Dec 2018
    • Asia
    • United States
    • China

    How the US can prevent a China-dominated Asia

    Brendan Taylor
    America should stop spreading itself far and wide in the pursuit of improbable power balances.
  • 3 Dec 2018
    • United States
    • G20
    • China

    Xi and Trump at G20: A tariff truce

    Merriden Varrall
    The risk of damage to the global economy is just as real as last week.
  • 1 Dec 2018
    • United States

    George H W Bush: the internationalist president

    Tony Walker
    Marshalling an international force to turn back the illegal invasion of Kuwait proved the high point of his career.
  • 30 Nov 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    North Korea’s emerging blackmail strategy

    Khang Vu
    A deadlock in negotiation between the US and South Korea leaves Pyongyang to make all the gains.
  • 29 Nov 2018
    • Europe
    • United States
    • Russia

    Russia-Ukraine: soggy response to Kerch aggression

    John Besemeres
    It is not tensions that are escalating but the relentless Russian acts of aggression against Ukraine.
  • 15 Nov 2018
    • Global Issues
    • United States
    • Australia

    Chipping away at trust in democracy

    Adam Henschke
    <p>Without&nbsp;a greater level&nbsp;of political care, threats to the brittle foundations of democracy will grow.</p>
  • 15 Nov 2018
    • United States

    More than words needed to meet the China challenge

    Sam Roggeveen
    There appears to be little evidence of the US preparing itself for a whole-of-nation competition with China.
  • 14 Nov 2018
    • United States
    • The Trump Presidency

    The prospect of a “Trumpier” foreign policy

    Michael Fullilove
    There is every chance the president will be bolder abroad, in search of wins he believes will help him at home.
  • 9 Nov 2018
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • China

    The new normal: a close naval encounter in the South China Sea

    James Goldrick
    The Chinese commander’s handling of the situation was less than adept.
  • 7 Nov 2018
    • United States
    • The Trump Presidency

    US midterms: the no-joke elections

    Daniel Flitton
    <p>Is anything short of a punishing defeat for Republicans actually an endorsement of Donald Trump?</p>
  • 5 Nov 2018
    • United States
    • The Trump Presidency

    The cliché is true: this is the most important US midterm, ever

    Robert E Kelly
    The midterm elections this week may change the balance of power in Washington and re-define Donald Trump’s presidency.
  • 31 Oct 2018
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Russia

    Trump scores a win over Russia

    Stephen Blank
    Ribald nuclear threats by Vladimir Putin show that Washington’s decision to withdraw from the INF Treaty was right.
  • 30 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • Technology

    Disinformation campaigns and US elections

    Sarah Logan
    Alerted and (hopefully) alarmed, the new US tactic to scare off Russian interference won’t stop online trolls at home.
  • 29 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • China

    With Trump in Mind, China Realigns

    Stuart Lau
    <p>America's anti-China trade policies&nbsp;are compelling&nbsp;China to realign.</p>
  • 29 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Türkiye

    Jamal Khashoggi: shifting law in a deadly turf war

    Melinda Rankin
    The journalist’s death illustrates broader anxieties for the international rule of law and the fate of the global order.
  • 26 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • Iran

    The one Iran deal the US should keep

    Firouzeh Khoshnoudiparast
    The 1955 Treaty of Amity has offered a chance to resolve disputes between the US and Iran. Abandoning it carries a cost.
  • 23 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • Africa

    America builds on development aid

    Cornelia Tremann
    Thanks to China, US development financing gets a facelift.
  • 23 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China

    Friends like these … allies and the Pence speech

    Iain Henry
    The US may have to adjust its goals and means to obtain full allied support for its China policy, and what about Trump?
  • 19 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • China

    Killing Chimerica

    John Lee
    “Decoupling” the deep economic entwinement with China is increasingly seen as vital to US security.
  • 18 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • North Korea

    Is the second Trump-Kim summit necessary?

    Khang Vu
    The more attention the world pays Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal, the less incentive it has to actually surrender weapons.
  • 17 Oct 2018
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Russia

    Beware of fighter pilots bearing gifts

    Victor Abramowicz
    A “dog fight” between a Russian and US jet, apparently over Syria, looks to be fake news.
  • 16 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • China
    • Technology

    Decoding the bombshell story for China

    Samm Sacks
    Right or wrong, claims Beijing hacked computer chips has accelerated a push to cut out China from US supply chains.
  • 12 Oct 2018
    • United States

    Courting supreme mistrust

    Matt Bevan
    Where India’s Supreme Court has grown in stature, partisan bickering may undermine the US Supreme Court for years.
  • 9 Oct 2018
    • United States
    • Trade
    • China

    Will geopolitics trump trade?

    Roland Rajah
    Ships and chips and an adversarial strategy exacerbate the likelihood of a Sino-American trade war.
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