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Trump's Tech Titan Tussle

Tech decoupling is a catastrophe for US tech firms. China will innovate cheaper alternatives and dominate the global market.
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China Surpasses US in Diplomatic Influence
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Mahoney on BRICS+ Blue Economy
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Persian Fire
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Beijing and Brasilia Beat the Odds
China-Brazil relations are robust with the two giants cooperating in such areas as digital economy, green economy, sci-tech innovation and aerospace…
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THE SUM OF BRICS - From Mumbai, Jakarta and London
New Delhi emphasised that members of the bloc are not conspiring to dethrone the dollar; Jakarta predicts the end of western domination; and, London…
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BRICS in Brasil - Global South Rises
BRICS states including Brasil, India, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia, UAE, China, Russia and South Africa condemn Trump's 10% tariff threat.
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'America First Foreign Assistance' and the Rebirth of USAID
USAID will be folded into the State Department, with a new agency taking its place, “America First Foreign Assistance.”
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DEBT FUELLED NATO
Changing priorities to emphasize defense spending, the truth about NATO, Australia, Japan and Sth Korea are no shows and America prepares for the first…
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Is China really the main threat to Australia's security?
Featured Contributor Dr. Geoff Raby, former Australian ambassador to China, explores the emergence of new thinking on Australia's relationship with…
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Rethinking Sino-US Relations Under Trump 2.0
Canada's imaginary Reliable Allies and Trump's Beijing Optics, Washington's insistence on a zero-sum approach threatens to derail China-U.S. relations.
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The Show Goes On - Prof. Josef Mahoney analysis
Trump's public diplomacy is political media mastery not achieved since McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt.
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China's new/old diplomat for European Affairs and Trump’s assault on USAID
Lu Shaye, the former Chinese ambassador to France has been appointed as Beijing’s special representative for European Affairs. Trump’s assault on USAID…
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JD VANCE DECLARES GLOBAL ARMS RACE
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Colby is a red flag for China's red lines
Denial Defense focuses on defeating a Chinese invasion to seize and hold Taiwan. If that can be done, as Ukraine has commendably shown, then PRC cannot…
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Trump Taiwan 2.0 is all about tariffs, investment, semiconductor re-shoring and weapons if you do so
Expect higher price tags for US weapons, Taiwan sinking the U.S. semiconductor sector, Taiwan pledges to communicate and invest more in US after tariff…
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Afghanistan Pakistan connectivity victim of Durand Line
The first days of 2025 saw a dramatic escalation in the longstanding border dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan—tensions that had been simmering…
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