Are the Comforting Statements of QUAD and AUKUS Founding States to be Beli?

Are the Comforting Statements of QUAD and AUKUS Founding States to be Beli?

During the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference taking place in Singapore from June 2-4, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated that the United States is not trying to form a new Western defense-oriented NATO-like bloc in the Asia-Pacific region. The Pentagon chief ascertained those present that the interests of European powers in the region are…

Washington Is Escalating Military Tensions in the Asia-Pacific Region

Washington Is Escalating Military Tensions in the Asia-Pacific Region

Congressmen from the United States are provoking Beijing and making serious preparations for a military conflict with China over Taiwan. Florida’s Republican Senator Mark Rubio introduced ‘The Deterring Chinese Preemptive Strikes Act’ to Congress in the first week of May to fortify American military bases in the Pacific against potential missile assaults from Beijing. The…

NATO’s Military-Industrial Complex has Its Sights Firmly Set on the Asia-Pacific Region

NATO’s Military-Industrial Complex has Its Sights Firmly Set on the Asia-Pacific Region

Anticipating the collapse of the “Ukraine project,” NATO’s military-industrial complex is rushing towards the Asia-Pacific region to spark a new conflict in order to satisfy its financial demands. NATO’s post-1991 history is the history of an organization that has outlived its usefulness. The “threat of world communism” that NATO cited as justification for its 40-year…

Biden Will Build Upon the Military Ties That Trump Pioneered with Papua New Guinea

Biden Will Build Upon the Military Ties That Trump Pioneered with Papua New Guinea

America’s Democrat-Republican duopoly is as united as Australia’s Labor-Liberal one is when it comes to these AUKUS allies’ shared goal of containing China regardless of leadership shifts. US political commentators tend to overlook foreign policy continuity whenever the White House flips between parties since it’s in their narrative interests to claim that Democrats and Republicans…

China, Russia Circle Wagons in Asia-Pacific

China, Russia Circle Wagons in Asia-Pacific

The official visit by Chinese State Councilor and Defence Minister General Li Shangfu to Russia on April 16-19 prima facie underscored the two countries’ emergent need to deepen their military trust and close coordination against the backdrop of worsening geopolitical tensions and the imperative to maintain the global strategic balance.  The visit carries forward the pivotal decisions…

Why is Beijing Trying to Join an Anti-China Trade Bloc and Can It Succeed?

Why is Beijing Trying to Join an Anti-China Trade Bloc and Can It Succeed?

The United Kingdom recently struck a deal to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trading bloc, and China is also applying for membership. The trade agreement, which includes a number of Asian, Pacific and Americas-based countries, was initially designed to be a counterweight to China by the United States, before the…