The Obama Foreign Policy Record Hesitation and retreat mark Obama's eight year in office WASHINGTON – The almost universally accepted narrative dished out daily by the serious, high brow U.S. media is that come...
US Navy Challenges Beijing In The South China Sea The US Navy has been sent close to islands illegally claimed by China in order to assert freedom of navigation. How will China react? WASHINGTON – The Obama administration does not have a stellar record either on national security issues or on upholding basic...
China Must Control The South China Sea – This Is An Obligation To The Ancestors Foreign Minister Wang Yi explains how the islands always belonged to China WASHINGTON – Finally we know what this whole business of Beijing grabbing islands in the South China Sea, while...
While The US Protests, China Keeps Building Bases In The South China Sea There is no way that the US will risk a military confrontation in order to force China to give up its claims WASHINGTON – China decided that America is in a (probably irreversible) phase of global retreat. Whatever the rhetoric about...
Will The US Stop China’s Expansion In the South China Sea? Flying one mission to reaffirm the right to fly over international air space is not enough WASHINGTON – In response to China’s totally preposterous sovereignty claims over the entire South China Sea, the US sent...
China’s Victory In The South China Sea By occupying various islands, China extended its territorial waters and exclusive economic zone WASHINGTON – China’s “peaceful rise” recently took a new, openly aggressive turn. Without any hesitation, China now claims sovereignty over the...