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. Eagle Eyes Are on Taiwan, but Is China Distracting Us from a ‘2nd Pearl Harbor’? 213 August 2, 2022 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) on 2 August 2022 by Peter Hartcher (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:AustraliaChinageopoliticsInternational security Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Mexico: The Empire Gone Mad March 14, 2026. Published in La JornadeThe survival of humanity requires multiple ways of confronting the empire gone mad. 0 Ghana: America’s Dual Approach: War and Diplomacy in International Relations March 10, 2026. Published in GhanaWeb[A]nytime America saw/sees the need for peace, they embrace it and benefit from it but when the situation demands, they shift to embrace war. 0 Australia: Defying Donald Trump and Stepping out of the Shadows, Mojtaba Khamenei Ascends March 9, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Australia: Oil Markets Can’t Bank on Deal-Maker Donald Trump in the Middle East March 9, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Egypt: Trump Is Fidgeting in His Chair March 10, 2026. Published in almasryalyoumThe clash between the senator and the veteran is one sign among many. What matters to us is that all these signs lead to an end to this war. 0 Topics Austria: Do Trump and Netanyahu Really Know What They Are Doing? March 15, 2026. Published in Der StandardWhere is all this heading? What is the exit strategy? The answers to these questions are vague. 0 France: Iran: The US Faces a Quagmire March 15, 2026. Published in Charente LibreTrump ... is certainly finding out in this region that a 'special operation' can quickly turn into a quagmire, and that the Middle East is not Venezuela. 0 South Korea: Strike on Elementary School Kills 175, Trump Blames Iran without Evidence March 14, 2026. Published in HankyorehThis 'Master of Deception' should realize that his long history of backtracking does not absolve him of his lies. 0 Mexico: The Empire Gone Mad March 14, 2026. Published in La JornadeThe survival of humanity requires multiple ways of confronting the empire gone mad. 0 Egypt: When Americans Finally See What We Always Knew March 13, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineA significant segment of the American political elite engages with Israel not through rational calculus but through eschatological conviction. 0 Saudi Arabia: US Attempting To Pass the Buck to its Gulf Allies March 13, 2026. Published in Arab NewsThe U.S. has always benefited from and even stirred up the rivalry between Iran and the Arab Gulf states. 0 Ghana: Ghana Must Choose Diplomacy over Alignment in the Israel-Iran Crisis March 13, 2026. Published in GhanaWeb 0 Saudi Arabia: Paradoxes of the Holy War March 13, 2026. Published in OkazAre we looking at a return to the darkness of the Old World, or does President Trump intend to spring yet another one of his endless surprises on us? 0 Related Articles Australia: Iran, Not the US, Currently Has the Strategic Upper Hand March 13, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: How Donald Trump and JD Vance Are ‘Philosophically a Little Bit Different’ on Iran March 13, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia India: Iran’s Brinkmanship and Trump’s Redline: How the Crisis Is Reshaping India’s West Asia Strategy March 10, 2026. Published in FirstpostIf escalation hardens into a binary alignment, India’s pivot will be quiet but decisive. Australia: Defying Donald Trump and Stepping out of the Shadows, Mojtaba Khamenei Ascends March 9, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Australia: Oil Markets Can’t Bank on Deal-Maker Donald Trump in the Middle East March 9, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia Previous articlePelosi’s Taiwan Visit the Culmination of Decades of Defying BeijingNext articleUS Freshwater Crisis Could Lead Washington To Look Northward. Is Canada Ready To Quench Its Thirst? LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment