Tag: China

[T]he United States had itself rendered that alliance network more fragile.

Every world leader knows what’s going on: America is losing its grip on global power.

Turning the arms sales into a talking point erodes Taiwan’s trust in the United States as its protector.

The challenge for Washington is no longer whether it possesses sufficient capabilities, but whether the political system can align those capabilities behind a coherent long-term priority.

For the narcissist in the White House, others are always to blame.

The Beijing summit did not produce a major agreement between the great powers on the region, but it firmly established that Middle Eastern crises are now deeply tied to the great-power dialogue.

Europeans do not have a choice. They have to get along with both Xi’s China and Trump’s America.

A summit that would normally send a reassuring message ... faces total uncertainty thanks to the weakness of the United States. The only person to blame for this is Trump.

[T]he Middle East remains a structural component of the global order that Washington seeks to lead.

The likelihood is that the outcomes weren’t as favorable as [Trump] initially hoped.

Trump appeared more focused on admiring China’s grand ballroom designs and expressing interest in building a similar one in the United States.