The writer is an international commentator and opinion contributor to CGTN, New Straits Times and The Express Tribune, partner of The International New York Times. He writes on economy, geopolitical issues and regional conflicts.
At the first anniversary of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, the Biden administration's primary focus remains the Quad and the AUKUS, both of which take frequent mentions in the latest State Department report.
A new wave of normalization in the greater Middle East adds insult to Palestine's injuries. Several Arab states have already established diplomatic relations under the Abraham Accords with Israel and others are lining up to follow the course.
By addressing some of the Russian concerns about NATO, the US could have prevented the forthcoming global economic and peace crises. It perhaps still can, given American media stops beating the war drums and evades painting a racist picture of the conflict.
Australia has not done much well in the Pacific (excluding Papua New Guinea’s independence and the RAMSI force in the Solomon Islands) since the Second World War. It’s about time. But recent history has not been without a gaffe.
On a Labor day press conference at the White House, the US President Donald Trump bragged, once reelected, his administration would bring back manufacturing jobs...