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    Red Sea crisis presents US, allies with tough choices

    News, Peter Apps, Published on 25/12/2023

    » As the Pentagon asked allies to provide warships for an international task force to protect Red Sea commercial shipping from mounting drone attacks from Yemen last week, one of the United States' closest partners appeared to be holding back.

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    US Navy trainers preparing for a worldwide war

    News, Peter Apps, Published on 28/08/2023

    » As the US aircraft carrier Dwight D Eisenhower sat moored for maintenance last week in its home port of Norfolk, Virginia, many of her crew were below decks, engaged in training for a simulated conflict in the North Atlantic.

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    The biggest security threats in 2019

    News, Peter Apps, Published on 02/01/2019

    » With an ongoing trade war between the United States and China, Russian military posturing in Eastern Europe at its greatest since the Cold War and the most unpredictable US administration in living memory, 2019 may offer no shortage of strategic surprises.

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    Can US-China relations be saved?

    News, Peter Apps, Published on 21/11/2018

    » At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting on Saturday afternoon, Chinese diplomats arrived unexpectedly at the Foreign Ministry of host Papua New Guinea. Angry at Papua New Guinea's support for American wording in the meeting's final communiqué, they only left after police were called, Australian and other media reported.

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    The unsettling behaviour of 'The Donald' at summits

    News, Peter Apps, Published on 18/07/2018

    » In the end, Donald Trump's post-summit press conference with Vladimir Putin produced fewer surprises than many feared. In contrast to the US president's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, there was no announcement to blindside regional allies such as a suspension of military exercises. Like the first part of Mr Trump's trip to Europe, however, the outcome of the Helsinki meeting will outrage his critics, play well with his domestic political base and unsettle European nations. Indeed, that may well have been its purpose.

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    Syria, NK a fine balancing act for US

    News, Peter Apps, Published on 14/04/2017

    » If there were ever any doubt that US President Donald Trump's strike against Syria was also intended to send a message to Pyongyang, the deployment this weekend of a US carrier strike group towards the Korean Peninsula should have cleared it up.

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