It’s Not a “Trade War”, India & The US Are Just Trying to Get a Better Trade Deal

It’s Not a “Trade War”, India & The US Are Just Trying to Get a Better Trade Deal

Many international observers have misinterpreted Trump’s termination of India’s membership in the “Generalized System of Preferences” and New Delhi’s decision to supposedly go forward with the S-400s despite CAATSA sanctions threats as the beginning of an Indo-American “trade war”, but both allied Great Powers are actually just playing games with one another in order to…

The US-China Trade War Can be Traced Back to the Failed Tiananmen Square Color Revolution

The US-China Trade War Can be Traced Back to the Failed Tiananmen Square Color Revolution

The current “trade war” owes its origins to the US’ failed Tiananmen Square Color Revolution that convinced the Chinese authorities that their late-Old Cold War-era American “allies” couldn’t be trusted, which in turn inspired the Communist Party to use the US’ own international trade rules against it in the emerging era of globalization in order…

Trump’s Post Election Surprise for Modi’s India Explains Everything One Needs to Know About America’s “New Normal”

Trump’s Post Election Surprise for Modi’s India Explains Everything One Needs to Know About America’s “New Normal”

US foreign policy has become less and less predictable over the last two years, but one thing that has been totally consistent is Donald Trump’s willingness to tariff, sanction or embargo just about every foreign economy in the world. This is the case irrespective of all other diplomatic considerations. When it comes to India, the…

The US-China Decoupling

The US-China Decoupling

President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is swiftly taking a decisive turn for the worse. Step by step, each measure prompting retaliation, a spat so far limited to tariff increases, now threatens to transform the bilateral relationship into one of managed hostility extending well beyond economic issues. Should Washington and Beijing define each other…