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. Use US Policy To Advance Our Interest 308 August 13, 2020 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in Philippine Daily Inquirer (Philippines) on August 9, 2020 by Artemio V. Panganiban (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:Asia Reassurance Initiative Actforeign policyinternational relationsPhilippinesSouth China Sea Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Australia: We Might Have just Found Where Australia’s Red Line Is with Donald Trump March 19, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 India: Iran War: America’s Old Playbook Is Faltering but Bharat Can Help Reset It March 21, 2026. Published in FirstpostThe entire Trumpian policy of the day, riding high on the MAGA bandwagon, is all about rejigging the world order again in favor of America. 0 Ireland: The Irish Times View on Lebanon: Lessons of History Are Cast Aside March 23, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Australia: Trump Has Postponed His Meeting with Xi, but China Is Not Wasting Any Time on It March 20, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Saudi Arabia: Will Trump Abandon the War and Drag the Gulf into It? March 21, 2026. Published in Asharq Al-AwsatNinety percent of his MAGA base backs the war, and that is all he needs. 0 Topics Ireland: US and Israel Have Inflicted Long-Term Damage on Themselves in Their War with Iran March 25, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Australia: This Madness Has Gone On for Too Long. Australia Can No Longer Rely on Trump’s America March 25, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald 0 Canada: Donald Trump’s Hubris Got Us into This Quagmire of Rising Prices March 25, 2026. Published in Toronto Star 0 Japan: US-Japan Leadership Summit: Stick to Refusal of Military Support March 25, 2026. Published in Tokyo ShimbunApplauding the ringleader of an illegal war is not appropriate, as the prime minister of a peace-loving nation. 0 Australia: Donald Trump’s Backtrack Illuminates Iran’s Leverage in an Asymmetrical War March 24, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Australia: Donald Trump Emboldens TACO Taunts over Sudden Iranian Strikes Backdown March 23, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Australia: Trump Looks Increasingly Trapped over Iran as Markets Gyrate and Oil Shortage Hits Heartland March 23, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Australia: Gulf States and Energy Markets become ‘Soft Belly’ of US-Israel War with Iran March 23, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Related Articles Australia: This Madness Has Gone On for Too Long. Australia Can No Longer Rely on Trump’s America March 25, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald Argentina: The West Is Collapsing March 25, 2026. Published in La Nacion[A]lliances are not only sustained by institutions, but also by a shared perception of what is worth defending and who is willing to do it. Ireland: Taoiseach Emerges as EU’s Unlikely Hero March 19, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner Ireland: Irish Examiner View: White House Visit Passes without Incident March 19, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner Austria: Now Trump Is Suddenly Calling for Allies* March 19, 2026. Published in Die PresseIt was only natural that the egomaniac-in-chief in the White House would see no need to get his allies on board with the campaign, not even diplomatically. Previous articleTories Are Turning the UK into 51st StateNext articleThe Painful Reconstruction of the American Identity LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment