Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Australia Is Now a Pawn in US-China Power Plays 96 April 21, 2013 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Age (Australia) on by (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Australia Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Kenya: Peace in the Great Lakes Region Now Made Possible December 8, 2025. Published in The Standard 0 Jordan: America between Israel’s Burdens and Arabs’ Benefits December 8, 2025. Published in alraiIsrael has lost its functional role … and no longer provides immense benefit to the West 0 Saudi Arabia: ‘Either Donald Trump or Benjamin Netanyahu’ December 10, 2025. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatIt is either the American “applying pressure” or the Israeli “being pressured,” per the ubiquitous epithets of the moment. 0 Spain: Neocolonialism and Ethnocides December 8, 2025. Published in La JornadaThe U.S.-Israeli duo is ruthless, deeply ethnocidal, full of arrogance and replete with religious and racial hatred. 0 Philippines: A US Operative Conjures a Maritime Mirage While Trump Builds Peace with China December 6, 2025. Published in The Manila TimesThe American public and the Trump administration need to recognize that Powell’s work is not charity. It is a business model. 0 Topics Japan: National Guard Shooting in US Capital: Misguided Incitement of Anti-Foreign Doctrine December 12, 2025. Published in Tokyo Shimbun[H]ad Trump not mobilized the guard for political purposes, the shooting might not have happened. 0 Spain: Cartoons in the Pentagon* December 11, 2025. Published in El Pais[T]e MAGA underworld and the Trump administration continue to feed off each other. 0 Egypt: America’s New Security Playbook: How Trump’s 2025 Strategy Redraws US Power and Purpose December 10, 2025. Published in Ahram OnlineOne of the most striking aspects of the strategy is the degree to which it personalizes foreign policy around Donald Trump himself. 0 Saudi Arabia: ‘Either Donald Trump or Benjamin Netanyahu’ December 10, 2025. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatIt is either the American “applying pressure” or the Israeli “being pressured,” per the ubiquitous epithets of the moment. 0 Taiwan: The Slow Spread of Anti-American Sentiment Affecting Taiwan December 9, 2025. Published in Taiwan TimesInternational skepticism of the U.S. has gradually evolved into anti-American sentiment — a trend that has already spread to Taiwan. 0 Austria: There Is Still Some Check on the US Administration December 9, 2025. Published in Der Standard[N]ot everything is permitted under Trumpism. 0 India: Washington Attack: Why Pakistan Will Want Trump To Get Entangled in Afghanistan December 8, 2025. Published in FirstpostTo stop the cycle of events along the Afghanistan border, Pakistan needs a heavy hand with powerful leverage. The United States fits the bill. 0 Kenya: Peace in the Great Lakes Region Now Made Possible December 8, 2025. Published in The Standard 0 Related Articles Australia: The Trump Presidency Could Be a Priceless Gift to Australia November 24, 2025. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: Trump, Zelenskyy and European Leaders under Pressure over Peace Deal November 24, 2025. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: G20 Leaders Are ‘Saving the Furniture’ as Trump Leads a Boycott November 20, 2025. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: Have the Epstein Files ‘Ripped MAGA Apart’? Maybe Not, but There Will Be Fallout November 19, 2025. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: Trump’s BBC and Epstein Sagas Dominate Attention as International Relations Are Rewritten November 14, 2025. Published in ABC News Australia Previous articleBoston Stumble for a Man Who Take Life in His StrideNext articleShock and Awe Won't Work against a Bomber on the Street LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment