During the Cold War, the United States occupied the apex of this triangular dynamic, pitting China and the USSR against each other. Today, it is Beijing that occupies that apex.

There is no shortage of initiatives, resolutions and legislation aimed at defending democracy in the EU. What is missing is effectiveness.

Turning the arms sales into a talking point erodes Taiwan’s trust in the United States as its protector.

It is ... inevitable that the direction the country is going in will have to change.

It would be difficult to find another instance of an incumbent leader featuring their own face on a bill in a non-monarchic, democratic country.

[T]he United States had itself rendered that alliance network more fragile.

This move is a typical ethical dumping approach where the so-classified as first world nations unethically conduct research in third-world countries.

In a globalised economy, the knock-on effect is less of a surge but more of a deluge that reaches East Africa with alarming speed.

Trump appeared more focused on admiring China’s grand ballroom designs and expressing interest in building a similar one in the United States.

Another interesting feature is the absence of non-partisan journalists covering this war.

[I]t appears that the [U.S.] is capitulating in the talks.

Using Lebanon as a bargaining chip through Washington’s Israeli proxy is Trump’s way of leveling the playing field.