US foreign policy

US ditching Asia to focus on Western Hemisphere? Not really

A US Air Force B-52 strategic bomber (bottom) and Japanese F-15 fighter jets during a joint exercise over the Sea of Japan on Dec 10, following joint patrols by Chinese and Russian aircraft.

An anxious Japan confronts the shadows cast by the new US security strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and US President Donald Trump aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, during their visit to the US Navy's Yokosuka base in Japan in October.

Commentary

For Trump, the hottest property on earth lies in the Arctic

The big geopolitical question is where a US-Russia Arctic deal would leave China, says the writer.

The imperialist vision behind the new US National Security Strategy

US President Trump at a ceremony honoring veterans in November, at a time when US national security is focused on America First rather than "propping up the entire world order'.

Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy

The message from President Donald Trump in the US National Security Strategy is clear : “In everything we do, we are putting America First”.

Friendship rekindled: Cam Ranh Bay and a new phase in Moscow-Hanoi ties

ngabay - 2. Memorial 1-2-3. The Russia-Vietnam Friendship Memorial honours the 44 Soviet and Russian servicemen who never made it home, along with 176 Vietnamese personnel who died in the line of duty in the Khanh Hoa region, in the peacetime years after the Vietnam War (1955-1975).
Credit: Nga Pham

Commentary

Putin may have already won even if Ukraine fights on

Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking during his recent visit to a command post of the West group of Russian Army, is gaining the upper hand amid fragmenting Nato unity.

US admiral ordered follow-up strike on alleged drug boat from Venezuela, says White House

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt points while she holds a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

US has given Venezuela’s Maduro chance to leave country, says Republican lawmaker

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has said he views the US military presence in the Caribbean as a precursor to regime change.

Why Asia should worry about a G1 world as China’s power grows

US President Donald Trump meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea in October.

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