Foreign Policy
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Australia will build Boxer Heavy Weapon Carriers for Germany under an over A$1 billion ($664.5 million) agreement. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in a tweet on Monday, confirmed that Australia has signed an “in-principle” agreement to build the carriers for Germany in Queensland. “The project will create well-paid manufacturing jobs for Australia. And mean a boost…
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Türkiye’s foreign minister discussed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and Black Sea grain deal with his Russian counterpart, Turkish diplomatic sources said on Sunday. Hakan Fidan and Sergey Lavrov held the phone call earlier in the day to evaluate the latest developments on those two issues, according to the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity…
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Poland on Sunday announced plans to deploy more troops and nearly 200 military vehicles to its border with Belarus. “Over 1,000 soldiers and almost 200 units of equipment from the 12th and 17th Mechanized Brigades are starting to move to the east of the country as part of the Safe Podlasie operation,” Defense Minister Mariusz…
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Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing, calling for efforts to reverse the downward spiral of China-U.S. ties. Wang said Blinken’s trip to Beijing comes at a critical point…
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China on Monday urged the United Kingdom to remain “sober-minded” over its approach to major issues of principle after British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly claimed the Taiwan question was not a domestic matter for China in a recent interview. “There is only one China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory,” Mao Ning,…
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The eruption of fighting on April 15 between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has triggered a humanitarian crisis, killed 420 people, leaving 3700 injured and trapped millions of Sudanese without access to basic services. Battles continue to rage in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere between troops loyal to army chief…
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China on Friday accused U.S. lawmakers of “political manipulation and hype” over the downing of its suspected spy balloon, as Beijing said it declined a call from the U.S. over the saga because Washington had not “created the proper atmosphere for dialogue.” The Chinese Foreign Ministry repeated Beijing’s insistence that the high-altitude balloon was a…
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The former senior intelligence officer argued that such actions would be impossible to miss To prepare for a military operation against Taiwan, the Chinese government would have to take certain steps that simply cannot be kept secret from the West – and there is currently no sign of them, former CIA official John Culver argued…
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‘I like Mr Gorbachev. We can do business together’ Margaret Thatcher quickly emerged as Mikhail Gorbachev’s most passionate Western supporter and champion of his efforts for reform. He was a man she admired, an accolade rarely bestowed by the then prime minister. What Thatcher liked about him was that they could argue together, sometimes ferociously, sometimes,…
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The United States denounced China’s missile launches in Japan’s exclusive economic zone that were carried out as part of military exercises in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said on Thursday. On August 4, China launched multiple ballistic missiles into waters to the northeast…
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Whether the US House Speaker goes to Taiwan or not, Washington owes the world answers on its China policy Reports have surfaced this week that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit southeast China’s Taiwan region in August. If this happens, it will be the highest level of contact between US officials and separatist forces in Taiwan,…
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India’s friendship with the then-Soviet Union became official in 1971, after the two countries signed a Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation. That year, the Soviets backed India in a war that ultimately led to the independence of Bangladesh. Around this time, the US was also pursuing its opening to China (with Pakistan, India’s foe, as the…
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On March 2, the United Nations General Assembly voted, 141 to 5, on a resolution condemning Russia for invading Ukraine. India, the world’s largest democracy, abstained from the vote. It wasn’t India’s first abstention. India is also reportedly in talks to buy Russian oil at a discount, and is seeking to find ways to maintain trade relations despite…
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China-US relations are not a zero-sum game and the US should address the bilateral ties based on the principles of mutual respect and peaceful coexistence, visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday. This comes after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a recent policy speech, described China as “the most serious long-term challenge…
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China’s Foreign Ministry rebuked the U.S. for changing the wording about Taiwan on the State Department website, stressing “political manipulation” will not succeed in changing the status quo of the island. The section on relations with Taiwan on the State Department website has removed wording on not supporting Taiwan independence and on acknowledging Beijing’s position…
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The U.S. provided intelligence to Ukraine in fighting Russia, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told CNN on Sunday. The senior official said despite offering intelligence, Ukraine makes decision on “what they will target and how they will target.” Her comment came amid recent media reports claiming that the U.S. provided intelligence that helped…
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