The prevailing consensus for the past few years has been that an ascendant China is threatening to overtake a slumping America. ‘If we don’t get moving, they [China] are going to eat our lunch,’ US …
In August, the US government made a major commitment to America’s semiconductor manufacturing sector with the announcement of US$50 billion in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. Bolstered by this move, memory chip manufacturer …
‘It is up to all of us to work towards a strategic equilibrium in the region.’ — Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Singapore, July 2022 The Asian century isn’t turning out how Australia had hoped. A …
At this year’s Aspen Security Forum (which I co-chair) in July, China’s ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, appealed for better understanding of his country. But there was considerable debate among the assembled experts …
The US and China came to Singapore’s Shangri-La security dialogue to argue and score points, to talk and to taunt. The face-off presented as drama and fight. As the reigning champ, the US got to …