Yoon does not want to lose power, writes Kiji Noh, but more importantly the U.S. cannot allow Yoon to lose power. He is key to the Asian force posture against China.
South Korea’s 6-Hour Martial Law
Category: Asia
Vijay Prashad: Give Us Peace
As outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Austin embarks on his 12th tour of the Indo-Pacific, the U.S.’ New Cold War on China shows no signs of slowing down under a second Trump presidency.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘BRICS Rising’
CN Live! previews the BRICS summit starting Tuesday in Kazan, Russia as Ukraine falters, the Mideast blows up and BRICS advances its alternate economic system. With Pepe Escobar, Scott Ritter and Mark Sleboda.
Vijay Prashad: Pacific Lands & Seas
A powerful struggle in New Caledonia between the indigenous people and French colonial authorities is taking place against the backdrop of intensifying U.S.-led militarisation of the Pacific.
Washington’s Exclusive Trust in the ‘Five Eyes’
The Anglo-Saxonization of American foreign and military policy has become a distinctive — and provocative — feature of the Biden presidency, writes Michael Klare.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Putin — Behind the Shoji
The Russian president’s time in Pyongyang and Hanoi gave clear evidence of the turn away from the West that Lavrov, the country’s foreign minister, announced at the start of the year.
Vijay Prashad: ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’
As the U.S. celebrates $95.3 billion in military funding for Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine and itself, here’s a look at Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy and what’s at stake.
US-China Rivalry Riles Tiny Solomon Islands
Inside the Pacific power cauldron: Mick Hall reports on controversial allegations of attempted U.S. meddling in the election of a prime minister seen as friendly to China.
Patrick Lawrence: The Impotence of Antony Blinken
With the U.S. unable to compete in the EV market and desperate in Ukraine, the secretary of state traveled to China to talk at Beijing for his domestic audience.
India’s Massive Shift in Military Policy
After the meeting of U.S. and Indian foreign and defence ministers, M.K. Bhadrakumar says Delhi is shedding its strategic ambivalence and joining Washington‘s adversarial stance on China.