Trump-Xi summit is just the start of dealing with thorny issues in US-Sino relations
Apr 06, 2017 07:28 am UTC| Insights & Views
Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet US President Donald Trump for the first time on April 6 and 7 at the latters Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. On the agenda are a number of contentious issues that the two leaders are...
What South Korean president Park’s political demise means for the region's geopolitics
Apr 02, 2017 02:41 am UTC| Insights & Views
South Koreas former president, Park Geun-hye, has been arrested on charges including extortion, bribery and abuse of power over an influence-peddling scandal that led to her impeachment by the National Assembly in December...
Liberating Mosul is one thing – next comes the real challenge for Iraq
Apr 02, 2017 01:44 am UTC| Insights & Views
The battle to fully recapture Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) is in its final stages and it is rapidly intensifying. On March 17, 200 civilians were killed in airstrikes on western Mosul mounted by the US and the...
Trump Gets A China-Made iPhone Despite Calling For An Apple Boycott And Anti-China Stance
Mar 30, 2017 05:45 am UTC| Technology
The American people have been given plenty of reasons to doubt anything that President Trump has to say since his inauguration, with so many of his promises coming to nothing. Now, they can add his call to boycott Apple...
Mar 29, 2017 11:20 am UTC| Commentary
While the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump continues to brand Iran as a terrorist state, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is strengthening ties with the country. The Syrian president Bashar-al Assad...
With wariness on both sides, the US strikes a more conciliatory note on China
Mar 28, 2017 11:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
A core question in Australian foreign policy circles is how the Trump administration will deal with an increasingly powerful China. The news that US President Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to a...
UN Meets To Discuss Banning Nukes, US Leads Protest Against Nuclear Disarmament
Mar 28, 2017 08:43 am UTC| Insights & Views
Nuclear weapons are by far the most destructive weapons that humanity has ever devised, which is why a lot of people are troubled by the fact that both the US and Russia still have thousands of them. The UN is about to...