The US, Allies See Opportunity and Risk in China’s Slowing Economy
In China’s current economic travails, US and other Group of Seven nations increasingly see evidence of deep-seated structural problems that ultimately will strengthen the...
Xi Jinping’s Leadership: Navigating Sino-US Tensions
As the leader of China, Xi Jinping holds a powerful position in the world’s second-largest economy and serves as the top trading partner for over 100...
Kratos, Hypersonix Team Up on Hypersonic Systems for US Market
WASHINGTON — Kratos Defense and Security Solutions and Australia’s Hypersonix have formed a partnership to integrate their hypersonic vehicle and propulsion systems and expand...
Caroline Kennedy Says Alliance Won’t Sink if Trump Elected
US ambassador Caroline Kennedy says Australia will be able to count on America as a reliable ally in a crisis even if Donald Trump...
Australian Foreign Policy is Traditionally Hitched to the US – but the Rise of China Requires a Middle Path for a Middle Power
Since notional foreign policy independence was uneasily embraced during the second world war, Australia’s policymaking elites have had trouble deciding whether it was a...
US “Indo-Pacific Strategy” Sparks Alarming Concerns of Confrontation, Division in Asia-pacific
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conducted a Pacific tour in late July in a useless attempt to...
Yellen Says the U.S. Economy is on Track for Stable Growth Thanks to Inflation Reduction Act Boost
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday said the Inflation Reduction Act, the 2022 law that spurred major investments in infrastructure, manufacturing and...
‘It’s Like a Bad Monster Movie’: U.S. Officials Who Helped Train Nigerien Troops Reel From Coup
Brig. Gen Moussa Barmou, the American-trained commander of the Nigerien special operations forces, beamed as he embraced a senior U.S. general visiting the country’s $100 million,...
Hunter Biden: the Legal Troubles of the US President’s Son
A long-running investigation into US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, may be heading for a jury trial. The five-year probe appeared near its end...
US ‘deterrence’ Approach to Iran Has Not Changed, Blinken Says
Washington, DC – Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the United States’s policy of deterrence against Iran has not changed despite signs of a...