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Pelosi travelling on a military aircraft,”raises the stakes of miscalculation,” says US Nat’l Security Council coordinator John Kirby by Ludovic Ehret, with Patrick Lee in Kuala Lumpur and Amber Wang in Taipei Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said Tuesday that the United States will “pay the price” if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan during her Asia trip. Pelosi was in Malaysia, the second stop in a tour that has sparked rage […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ridiculed US President Donald Trump on Saturday over what he called the foreign policy “blunder” of trying to raise its recent protests at the UN Security Council. The Security Council “rebuffed the US’ naked attempt to hijack its mandate”, wrote Zarif on Twitter. “Majority emphasised the need to fully implement the JCPOA (nuclear deal) and to refrain from interfering in internal affairs of others. Another […]
By Anthony V. Rinna, Analyst on Russian foreign policy, Sino-NK (Courtesy East Asia Forum) — Less than six months into his tenure as President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte has embarked on what even he considers to be risky foreign policy moves. In September 2016, he declared that he is about to ‘cross the Rubicon’ in the Philippines’ relationship with the United States. The ‘crossing’ Duterte refers to is his plan to enhance the Philippines’ […]
SAN DIEGO, United States (AFP) — US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton tore into her likely election rival Donald Trump as never before Thursday, saying his foreign policy is dangerously incoherent and labeling him unfit for office. “He is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility,” Clinton said, cranking up the rhetoric in what is already a deeply acrimonious election. “This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear […]
