Confronted with the realities of life the Biden administration has in the last days acknowledged defeat in two on its most egregious and delusional foreign policy games.
U.S. Admits Defeat In War On Russia And China
Video via Reports on China.
Unfortunately, I don’t foresee see a change in the ‘status quo’ of the Biden admin’s stance towards China.
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Philippine lawmakers have pushed the Marcos administration to amend two defence treaties with the US and make the long-time security ally cough up for using Manila’s military bases to fund a cash-strapped armed forces pension scheme that is staring at “financial collapse”.
Philippine lawmakers demand US pays for bases to fund cash-strapped military pension scheme
Fears of conflict over Taiwan dominated the recent G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Sapporo, but are they really justified?
Is G7’s fear of Taiwan conflict justifiable?
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An Incomplete Report on US Military Activities in the South China Sea in 2022
In 2022, alongside the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the US military placed great emphasis on military deterrence against China in the South China Sea, maintaining high-intensity activities including close-in reconnaissance operations, Taiwan Strait transits, forward presence operations, strategic deterrence, freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs), military exercises and drills, and battlefield preparation.
An Incomplete Report on US Military Activities in the South China Sea in 2022 via SCSPI
By Herman Tiu Laurel
“What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” The question is appropriate when applied to the South China Sea contentions (the term “dispute” is already too loaded).
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
The US will likely return to Subic Bay, Philippines, 30 years after closing what was once the largest US military base in Asia, Kyodo News reported on Thursday.
US Military Set to Return to Subic Bay, Philippines to Counter China
Previously:
Philippines: Our Foreign Policy on China Is Clear, But Is It to The United States?
The chief architect of Philippine foreign policy is the President.
It appears that the sitting President has been somewhat slow in defining it but certainly he knows that buck of responsibility stops with him.
Our Foreign Policy on China Is Clear, But Is It to The United States?
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Are Freedom of Navigation Operations and Innocent Passage Really the Same?
U.S. destroyer challenges China’s claims in South China Sea
Kamala Harris Heads to Philippines to Pick a Fight With China
Like all nations, Australia has a right to a military presence in the South China Sea. But how and why it exercises that right have become key policy questions.
Why is Australia risking conflict with China?
In the South China Sea, Biden is outdoing Trump in bluff and bluster
Biden’s China policy is turning out to be a continuation of the Trump adminstration’s, possibly trumping it in its hypocrisy, condescension, confrontation and militarism.
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