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 US’s Reckless Arming of Taiwan
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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.
Chris Hedges: They Lied About Afghanistan & Iraq; Now They’re Lying About Ukraine
The U.S. public has been conned, once again, into pouring billions into another endless war.
Born in the USA – Australia, India & the Quad
Australia has every reason to seek good relations and friendship with India, writes Peter Job. But that does not require an unqualified endorsement and deification of Prime Minister Modi and his agenda.
Patrick Lawrence: US Still Nowhere with the Chinese
The bitter truth is that the leaders of Biden’s foreign policy are too paralyzed by the ideology of American primacy to come up with a single, solitary new thought as to how to address other great powers as we enter…
Emergence of a New Non-Alignment
From Bolivia to Sri Lanka, countries fed up with the IMF-driven debt-austerity cycle and bullying by the U.S.-led bloc are beginning to assert their own agendas, writes Vijay Prashad.
Palestine Is Ripe for Chinese Mediation
With Abbas’ state visit to China this week, M.K. Bhadrakumar says Beijing’s mediation on the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement lends credibility to a Chinese initiative on the Palestine issue.