Tag: Trump

Like almost everything Trumpian, it begins with plenty of pomp and circumstance, excess, and ends with a whimper. The recent Washington summit between Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could also be characterized in…

ASEAN, by principle, is supposed to be wary of alignments. But as more Southeast Asian leaders push engagement with BRICS members China and Russia, the more the bloc inches further into risky or unnecessary geopolitical…

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s visit to India can be seen as a shift from diplomatic optics to tangible security building, but it also signifies something else. They’ve moved markedly closer together, but also slightly…

Just months after being selected by her party as leader and later the first woman to become prime minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi announced the dissolution of parliament, which will trigger an election on February…

In the U.S. Senate Chamber on January 6, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas led a futile Republican effort to challenge the 2020 election results that gave Joe Biden the White House and caused President Donald…