Politics
France Joins America's South China Sea Adventurism
France has recently sent one of its nuclear attack submarines over 10,000 kilometers to the South China Sea for a "patrol." It is the latest indicator of how strained the underlying credibility is of US foreign policy regarding the South China Sea and its growing conflict with Beijing. While Washington frames its involvement in the region as "championing" for claimants...
China and South Korea: an Anniversary is Approaching, but Problems Persist
In 2022, diplomatic relations between the PRC and Republic of Korea will turn 30 years old, and Seoul is actively trying to raise relations between the two countries up to a respectable level. This is not easily done, since the confrontation between the United States and China is leaving its mark, and the scale of bilateral...
Prospects for Iran-US Nuclear Deal Negotiations
Joe Biden's administration says it is ready to join talks with Iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2015 nuclear deal. This allegedly sharply rejects former President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure campaign," which sought to completely isolate the Islamic Republic. However, the United States is divided over who should take the first step toward...
