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. America Is Sitting on a Powder Keg of Unresolved Problems, but Australia Can’t Afford To Be Smug 239 July 11, 2016 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) on 12 July 2016 by Peter Hartcher (link to originallink to original) Translated from English 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:AustraliaBarack Obamacivil rightsDallaspolice brutalitypolice-involved deaths Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Austria: Trump Punishes Merz but Also Weakens His Own Country May 8, 2026. Published in Der Standard[I]ncreasingly, Europe is now calling out the impulsiveness of the man in the White House. 0 Kenya: A Distant War, A Direct Impact: How the USIsraelIran Conflict Is Reshaping Kenya’s Economy May 13, 2026. Published in The Standard 0 Austria: Trump Can’t Destroy NATO May 8, 2026. Published in Der StandardWithout the U.S., the alpha dog that pulls everyone together in a crisis would not exist. 0 South Korea: Trump’s Move To Cut Troops in Germany Must Not Affect Korean Peninsula May 7, 2026. Published in HankookilboDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly praised South Korea ... [I]t is unclear how long this praise will last. 0 Saudi Arabia: Iran War: Cup Moving Toward the Lip? May 10, 2026. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatAs always between the cup and the lip there is many a slip. 0 Topics Kenya: A Distant War, A Direct Impact: How the USIsraelIran Conflict Is Reshaping Kenya’s Economy May 13, 2026. Published in The Standard 0 India: Power and Pageantry: Ten Things to Expect from the Trump-Xi Summit May 13, 2026. Published in FirstpostThe summits are not endpoints. They are the mechanism by which two countries, which can neither resolve their differences nor afford to rupture them, manage the interval between crises. 0 Egypt: The Xi-Trump Summit in Beijing May 13, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineIt goes without saying that the war against Iran will take centre stage in Beijing. 0 Canada: What Trump and Xi Are Looking To Get Out of This Week’s Summit in Beijing May 12, 2026. Published in CBC 0 Cuba: Economic Coercion and Naval Threat: the Siege on Cuba’s Self-Determination May 12, 2026. Published in Radio Havana Cuba 0 Australia: Trump and Xi’s Beijing Summit Must Confront the AI Cold War May 12, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Austria: Putin’s Phony Parade Passes without Incident Thanks to Trump May 11, 2026. Published in Der StandardOnce again, it was Donald Trump who came to Vladimir Putin's aid in his hour of need. 0 India: When Bourbon Barrels Saved Scotch Whisky: The Trade Twist that Tamed Trump May 10, 2026. Published in Firstpost 0 Related Articles Australia: Trump and Xi’s Beijing Summit Must Confront the AI Cold War May 12, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: Deep Fractures in the Gulf over Iran Have Implications for Everyone, Including Australia May 1, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: Trump Told Americans To Do Their Own Research. Now They Think the Attacks on Him Are Staged April 28, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald Australia: Donald Trump Was ‘All Set to Really Rip’ into the Media, but Shooting May Help Change His Tune April 27, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: Trump Is Political Kryptonite in Australia but Diplomacy Still Guides the Way April 27, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Previous articleA Shift in Trilateral Relations Between the US, China and RussiaNext articleA Clinton Presidency Would Poison US Politics LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment