US Can Be Asia’s Copilot, Not Main Pilot

Trump’s threat is purely economic, employing the power of coercion and open blackmail, to keep a ‘servant’ perpetually under subjugation from attaining economic independence.

The dollar will remain as the dominant fiat currency in usage, but people are now thinking of how to avoid the weaponization risk.

U.S-China relations remain governed by a delicate balance of deterrence and cooperation[.]

[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.

While Trump is a powerful force within the Republican Party, his polarising presence is creating substantial challenges for the party in appealing to a broad enough coalition to secure consistent, nationwide victories beyond his core base.