... view and understand how to manage that aspect of Chinese relationships without coming to war. The stability of the entire world depends on a constructive relationship between the United States and China. If that relationship deteriorates it's bad for the U.S., it's bad for the entire world ...
Editor’s Note: Edward Alden, former Washington bureau chief of the Financial Times, is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he specializes in U.S. economic competitiveness. This is an excerpt from his new book, “Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global ...
... Refugee Resettlement Program, the local affiliate of the USCRI, recommended that 100 Syrian refugees be sent to Rutland. The group is awaiting approval from the U.S. State Department and the refugees could begin to arrive in November, said Stacie Blake, director of government and community relations for USCRI. A ...
... state dinner for Lee will be the first held for a Singaporean leader since October 1985, when Ronald Reagan hosted Lee's father, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The U.S. and Singapore opened diplomatic relations in 1966, a year after the U.S. recognized Singapore's independence from Malaysia.
... identification zone over the South China Sea. The report also repeats assertions by Defense Secretary Ash Carter that continued provocation by China may only improve U.S. relations in the Asia Pacific. "China's increasingly assertive efforts to advance its national sovereignty and territorial claims, its forceful rhetoric, and lack ...
... pursuing its own agenda, having secured the support of more than 50 nations (including Iran) in setting up the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank — notably without U.S. involvement. It’s also worth noting that China is pivoting toward the Middle East at precisely the time America is pivoting away from ...
... a gathering of Libertarians in Las Vegas before headlining an event in Phoenix, Trump repeated his charge that Mexico was sending violent offenders to the U.S. to harm Americans and that U.S. officials were being "dumb" in dealing with immigrants in the country illegally. "These people wreak havoc ...
For Lee Kuan Yew, lifting the tiny nation-state of Singapore into a world-class city took single minded, even ruthless determination and a deep involvement of the state in the smallest matters. The result is a multi-ethnic population able to educate their youth to the highest possible levels, and a ruling class remarkably free of corruption.
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam has pulled itself up economically over the decades. One of the consequences? Diminishing donor funds.
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