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US allies wary of a disruptive new Trump presidency
News, Peter Apps, Published on 20/06/2023
» In a March post on his website, Donald Trump pledges to end the war in Ukraine when reelected to a second term, halt confrontation with Russia and "finish the process we began under my administration fundamentally reevaluating Nato's purpose".
The messy meaning of the Manafort and Cohen cases
News, Peter Apps, Published on 24/08/2018
» The mixed verdict in the trial of Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, along with the guilty plea on campaign finance violations by the US president's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is a sign of just how messy -- and perhaps inconclusive -- Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election will be. But Tuesday's events also point to broader destabilisation in US politics.
Kingdom's global standing firm as nation digs in heels
News, Vijavat Isarabhakdi, Published on 06/06/2018
» There are those who claim, with perhaps a touch of melodrama, that Thailand's international standing has currently reached its lowest point and that the nation has been shunned by others.
Prawit to visit US for talks
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 20/04/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon will lead a Thai delegation to visit to the US next week, at the invitation of the Pentagon, said Ministry of Defence spokesman Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich.
US-Cambodia standoff
News, Sek Sophal, Published on 02/04/2018
» In late January last year, China donated 100 tanks to Cambodia. And the militaries of the two countries just celebrated their 60th anniversary of Sino-Cambodia diplomatic relations by concluding their joint annual Golden Dragon military exercises on Thursday.
Justice? What justice?
News, Postbag, Published on 19/03/2018
» Re: "Time on their side", (Opinion, March 18).
Donald Trump gears up for the great Davos face-off
News, Peter Apps, Published on 25/01/2018
» Since its foundation in 1971, the World Economic Forum in Davos has been a byword for the growing consensus around an increasingly globalised world. Now, President Donald Trump is on his way to tell those who consider themselves the global elite that they have been wrong on just about everything.