Tag Archive for: "United States"
Offshore balancing: a tutorial for Trump

Great sea changes of foreign policy thought are rare in American public life. But there’s abundant evidence that the US is experiencing one now. Polls show that the American people are tired of the world, …

Obama’s bitter Afghan legacy

Nearly 15 years after its launch, the United States’ war in Afghanistan is still raging, making it the longest war in American history. Nowadays, the war is barely on the world’s radar, with only dramatic …

Trump’s alliance doctrine: we won’t pay

The threats to Asia’s future peace of mind: China versus the US, the South China Sea, North Korea—and then there’s Trump. The Donald is a powerful reminder of the fundamental duality in Asia’s responses to …