Tag: Mark Esper

The Trump administration will not have been displeased with the timing of the trip, given the multimillion-strong Indian-American voter base in the U.S.

The U.S. is selfish. It has selfish goals and means in its strategy to contain China. But selfish unilateralism does not go far.

However, developing deep ties with the current U.S. is tantamount to playing with fire - it comes at a price for New Delhi.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun said in August that the U.S. seeks to formalize closer defense relations with India, Japan and Australia, similar to NATO.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has delivered a blunt warning about China's ambitions in Southeast Asia, but is it it too little, too late?

While the defense secretary ... insists there are no grounds to deploy the American military machine against American citizens, Trump plays the 'bad cop,' a champion of law and order at any cost.

After 3 1/2 years of Trump, we are left with a bitter realization: The world’s oldest democracy needs saving by its soldiers from its own president.

Trump surrounded himself with generals at the start of his tenure. They have all since fled and are now either critical or silent.

The U.S. president’s desire to act the strongman poses urgent questions that America’s generals, voters and allies must all answer.

The military also flexed muscles around the world recently to demonstrate that the pandemic hasn't weakened its strength in the least.