President Joseph Biden Jr’s.administration faces a host of difficult problems, but in foreign policy its thorniest will be its relations with the People’s Republic of China.
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China & the US: 21st Century’s ‘Great Game’ | Conn Hallinan
The Chinese leadership may be waking to the fact that they need allies, not adversaries.
Read More »India and China: Behind the Conflict | Conn Hallinan
There is no evidence that the US, India and China want a war, one whose effect on the international economy would make Covid-19 look like a mild head cold.
Read More »Why is Turkey Looking for Quagmires? | Conn Hallinan, Dispatches From The Edge
Feb. 5, 2020 On the surface, Turkish intervention in the Libyan civil war appears to be a savvy move on the Eastern Mediterranean energy chessboard, a check on plans by a consortium of the European Union (EU), Greece, Egypt, Israel and Cyprus to exploit offshore gas and oil deposits. In exchange for military support, the beleaguered UN supported Government of ...
Read More »A New Middle East Is Coming | Conn Hallinan, Dispatches From The Edge
'The Americans, who have dominated the Middle East since 1945, will become simply one of several international players in the region, along with China, Russia, India and the European Union.'
Read More »A Wounded Erdogan Could Be Dangerous | Conn Hallinan
The man may be down but he is hardly beaten. There are turbulent times ahead for Turkey.
Read More »‘Are You Serious?’ Awards 2018 | Conn Hallinan – Dispatches From The Edge
In memory of Dr. Victor Sidel who once said, “The cost of one-half day of world arms spending could pay for the full immunization of all the children of the world against the common infectious diseases.”
Read More »Unwrapping Armageddon: The Erosion of Nuclear Arms Control | Conn Hallinan
Nuclear Treaties: Unwrapping Armageddon
Read More »Iran & Sanctions: A Prelude to War? | Conn Hallinan
As clueless as the Trump administration is on foreign policy, the people around the White House ... know that sanctions rarely produce results, and unilateral ones almost always fail.
Read More »Big Power Competition: A Dangerous Turn | Conn Hallinan
The problem with designating “great powers” as your adversaries is that they might just take your word for it and respond accordingly.
Read More »Nuclear War: A Thousand Buttons | Dispatches from the Edge, Conn Hallinan
Unless we get serious about abolishing nuclear weapons—something 122 nations voted to do last July—some unnamed captain in a submarine could do the same.
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