As outlined in Carden’s brief letter there is much to like in the democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s proposed foreign policy: end endless wars, climate change, a tougher stance on Israel but […]
Hong Kong, a different perspective
The perspective about Hong Kong offered in this post is very different from that presented to the world by the American government and members of its Congress. The US congress supports any […]
Machinocene, the Epoch of Artificial Inteligence – the US and China
Recently it was proposed that the Holocene geological epoch in which we have been living for the last 11,000 years be dubbed the Anthropocene epoch, one dominated by humans. But a more […]
The US, the UK and Brexit
Obama’s foray into Europe lecturing, hectoring and threatening the citizens of the UK to remain in the EU invited the deserved scorn he received by the Eurosceptics. With the threat that the […]
Postscript 3, US Foreign Policy Post 2016 Elections
This Postscript offers little dramatic change to previous ones in content, merely an affirmation of the foreign policy of the two parties. While a presidential nominee for the Democrats seems to be edging […]
Korean Option Repeated
The recent events in North Korea call to mind my post in November 2010 when the US, South Korea and Japan were in such a lather. Much of what I wrote then bears […]
US Foreign Policy, Post 2016 Elections
Looking ahead to post 2016 US elections it would be worthwhile to game the foreign policy scenarios, a Republican win with either Cruz or Trump; a Democrat victory with Clinton or […]
A Medley of Issues
Israel Netanyahu’s win did not come as a surprise but it does throw a spanner into the works and the US’s (and international) unrealistic expectation for a two state solution. As […]
China and US Financial Hegemony
I earlier submitted a post regarding the loss of US influence in Latin America and the growing commercial clout of China in that region. This has recently been highlighted by the US […]
China and Russia, a symbiotic alliance
There are daily references to the “new” Cold War but, is it a new Cold War or simply a continuation of one that was put on hold? The animosity toward and […]
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