Category: Japan
Messages at Shangri-La
by Brian Berletic
During this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laid out an alarming vision for the future of the Asia-Pacific region, a vision that includes the same type of U.S. military encroachment and confrontation that has turned Europe, North Africa and the Middle East into devastated battlegrounds over the past two decades.
The plan behind Washington’s violations of the One-China Principle
By Brian Berletic
While much of the world’s attention is currently focused on the economic fallout of the tariffs imposed by the United States on allies and designated adversaries alike, they are only one part of a much wider strategy aimed at what U.S. policymakers themselves claim is a bid to maintain the U.S. as “the world’s dominant superpower.”
The plan behind Washington’s violations of the One-China Principle
Philippine Forces Land on Contested South China Sea Feature
The ‘Foreign Policy Consensus’ Is Alive and Well in Washington
The ‘Foreign Policy Consensus’ Is Alive and Well in Washington
by José Niño, Libertarian Institute
Brian Berletic, a former U.S. Marine now residing in Thailand, believes something bigger might be at play with Trump’s foreign policy agenda. The talk of foreign policy restraint vis-a-visa Russia is merely a facade. Berletic pointed out that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “division of labor” framework during his February 2025 address in Brussels will only increase tensions with Russia.
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“Western Media Finally Admits Tariffs Aimed at Isolating China, Not ‘Reindustrialization’”
Western Media Finally Admits Tariffs Aimed at Isolating China, Not “Reindustrialization”
As warned, the US predicated tariffs on “reindustrialization” to sell to a gullible public, but was always aimed as preparations for isolating and eventually warring with China;
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US to bolster Philippine arsenal to deter China: Teodoro
US to bolster Philippine arsenal to deter China: Teodoro
The longtime US ally is expecting a sustained US$500 million in annual defense funding from Washington through 2029 to boost its military capabilities and deter China’s “aggression” in the region, Philippine Secretary of Defense Gilberto Teodoro said in an interview in Manila on Thursday.
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“Of course people are going to be laid off because of this”: US autoworkers react to the launch of Trump’s global tariff war
Within hours of the imposition of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs against the world, the impact was felt by autoworkers in North America, with the announcement of thousands of layoffs by Stellantis at plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Trump’s Threats Against Iran Exposes US Continuity of Agenda
The Trump administration has given Iran a two-month ultimatum for a new nuclear deal, as part of a longstanding U.S. strategy to isolate and weaken Iran in the region.
Trump’s Threats Against Iran Exposes US Continuity of Agenda
Six factors that enabled China to dominate global shipbuilding
The dominance of China in the newbuilding the market has come under intense scrutiny with the investigations by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) – but how did the country’s shipyards achieve such a leading position?
Six factors that enabled China to dominate global shipbuilding
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