A U.S. warship has been ushered into service in Sydney as part of the unholy matrimony between Australia and the U.S. war machine.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Star-Spangled Kangaroo
Category: China
Caitlin Johnstone: Biden Promotes Hardliners
Virulent Russia hawk Victoria Nuland and virulent China hawk Charles Q. Brown are being elevated to lofty positions by the White House.
Biden’s Exclusionary ‘Liberal World Order’
The rules of post-war Western economic development were premised on Washington’s domination and hierarchy, writes Anthony Pahnke. This is the history the U.S. president’s industrial policies repeat.
UN or NATO?
The communique from the summit in Vilnius earlier this month underlined Ukraine’s path into the Western military alliance and sharpened NATO’s self-defined universalism, writes Vijay Prashad.
Multipolar Maneuvering in Indo-Pacific
Amid growing trade and economic cooperation in the region, M.K. Bhadrakumar looks at how smaller countries there are trying to steer clear of Washington’s attempts to cause friction between them and China.
The US’s Reckless Arming of Taiwan
As Washington follows the neocon Wolfowitz Doctrine in East Asia, John V. Walsh says U.S. provocation must stop. Biden should instead take up China’s offer of peaceful coexistence.
The Military Dangers of AI
Pentagon officials acknowledge that it will be some time before robot generals are commanding vast numbers of U.S. troops and autonomous weapons in battle, writes Michael T. Klare. But they have several projects to test and perfect it.
Caitlin Johnstone: Biden Lies About ‘Not Surrounding’ China
The U.S. president isn’t trying to fool the Chinese government about the military buildup in the Pacific. His comments are aimed at the Western public and U.S. allies.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: A Yellen in the China Shop
Given where the Biden regime sets the bar for its trans–Pacific statecraft these days, you have to wonder whether they chant “Limbo lower now!” as they send off the next official on one of these pointless demarches.
How to Eradicate Poverty
China did not eradicate absolute poverty by cash transfer schemes or rural medical programmes alone, writes Vijay Prashad.