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The United States is Pushing Southeast Asia Towards China
The United States' grand strategy of its 'Pivot to Asia' had been stalled since its articulation by the Obama administration in 2011. Donald Trump...
Two Futures for Global Trade: Open Arms vs. Closed Doors
This summer, the global economic stage is hosting two wildly contrasting blockbusters in trade policy, each promising a different future for international commerce. On...
Trump at a Crossroads: Has the Anti-War President Become a Warmonger?
The bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities using advanced bombers and massive ordnance marked a turning point in Donald Trump’s presidency, a man who came...
Did Trump Really Stop a War?
The assertion that trade diplomacy single-handedly averted a major military conflagration between India and Pakistan in 2025, as recently reiterated, presents a dangerously oversimplified...
Taiwan, U.S., and the World: When Protests Replace Silence
After COVID-19, trust in many governments fell. Russia’s war in Ukraine broke the idea that Europe was safe from big wars. The United States,...
Is Vietnam’s trade deal with the US “surrender agreement”? I don’t think so
After Donald Trump became the U.S. president for a second term, he did everything possible to fulfill the promises he had made to voters...
Trump’s Global Bully Diplomacy: The Failure of a Strategy Built on Coercion
In his second term, Donald Trump has embraced an even more aggressive and theatrical approach to foreign policy—a style that can aptly be called...
51 Precision Strikes in Somalia: U.S. Forces Defending Forward, Respecting Sovereignty
Defending Forward, Respecting Sovereignty
The U.S. military carried out 51 airstrikes in Somalia from January through mid-July 2025. This strike activity—averaging just over two strikes...
Why Trump’s New Tariffs Went Easy on Indonesia
As Donald Trump returns to the White House for a second term, his signature approach to foreign economic policy—tariff diplomacy—is once again remapping the...
From the Mystic Tragedy to Conservation
The essence of tragedy is an unexpected twist of fate where happiness abruptly becomes disaster and its sorrowful consequences. Such is the case of...