United States must rebalance its relationship with Russia
Hours after signing an executive order, on April 15, 2021, which imposed sanctions on Russia, US President Joe Biden stated that the door for...
Kerry’s China Visit: ‘A Weasel Paying a New Year Call to a Chicken’
A section in the international press claims the US climate envoy John Kerry’s mid-week Shanghai visit was aimed at the White House “wooing Beijing”...
Biden’s Dilemma: Caught Between Israel and Iran
By all indication, the latest sabotage at Iran's uranium enrichment facility in Natanz aimed at more than just disabling thousands of Iran's centrifuges and...
Roads and Rails for the U.S.
For those who expect the newly announced $2 trillion Biden infrastructure program to be a goodbye to potholes and hello to smooth-as-glass expressways, a...
Competition and cooperation between China and the United States and the eighth priority
In mid-March U.S. President Biden held his first press conference since taking office. Speaking about Sino-U.S. relations, Biden said: "I will prevent China from...
Doomed to escalation? Biden follows Trump’s Foreign and Trade Policy Shift toward China
The high-official U.S.-China meeting in Alaska gives a foretaste of how the new Biden administration will address the challenges with China. In the opening...
Biden’s Summit Diplomacy: Who will he choose first, Xi or Putin?
“No-show” in Alaska and naked hostility with Moscow at feverish pitch both are raising a big doubt to what President Biden said in his State...
Diplomacy with Chimerican Characteristics
If there were any illusions that the new American administration would bring about a thaw in U.S.-China relations, those expectations were dashed in the...
Playing US politics: Saudi Arabia targets Middle America
Amid Washington chatter about the future of US-Saudi relations, the kingdom has launched an unprecedented public diplomacy campaign to marshal business and grassroots support...
Time to Renew Commercial Diplomacy Between US and Iran
As the newly-installed Biden foreign policy team ponders its options on Iran, the clock for the next Iranian presidential elections in June, 2021, is...