When Condolezza Rice was appointed Secretary of State she stated she would be a travelling Secretary of State, more so than Powell who had to stay in Washington and spend his time […]

Further to my series on China’s growing influence in Latin America at the expense of the United States and as a result of America’s neglect, please read more on the link below. […]

Two recent (26 May) lengthy articles in The Economist dealt with the impact of import restictions on textiles from China and the net effect of a possible revaluation of the Yuan. I […]

Recent moves by the Bush administration to punish China for America’s lack of fiscal discipline has once again underscored the US’s inability to look ahead to consequences of its foreign policy. Iraq, […]

With reference to my previous post “Latin America – a crisis in the making”, I submit the following recent article from The Economist, an article which reflects both my previous comments and […]

The Prescience of George Kennan George F. Kennan (1904-2005), a distinguished US diplomat and historian, was one of the primary architects of US strategy during the Truman Administration. Kennan was one of […]

Asian century: West is watchingLONDON: The West is getting anxious about the possible impact of India and China’s pledge to create an ‘Asian century’.[via The Times Of India – India]

I refer to previous postings, namely “Wanted – a Political Oculist” and “US, NATO, Europe and the China-India Axis” In both those posts, now republished I pointed out that the US has […]

As Gerhard Schroeder posited last week, NATO is passé. It has served its purpose, one overtaken by world events and a “New Europe”, comprised of both old West and East Europe, should […]

With elections in Iraq due on 7 March I reprint below a paper I wrote in April 2005, now right on five years ago. I believe what I wrote was, and still […]