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China Daily, August 7, 2017.
Tim Beal is a retired New Zealand academic who has written extensively on Asia with a special focus on the Korean Peninsula. Recent publications include the entry on Korea for
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism (New York: Springer, 2019). He has also written some chapters for a forthcoming collection: Immanuel Ness and Stuart Davis, eds.,
Sanctions as War: Anti-Imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy (Leiden: Brill, 2021).
He is very grateful for the unstinting assistance of Ankie Hoogvelt and Gregory Elich in providing comments and corrections.
In August 1945, Washington’s view of the world was utterly transformed in line with the “gunboat diplomacy” dictum of Lord Palmerston countries have no permanent friends or enemies, just permanent interests.
The Quad Squad takes diplomacy to a new level
It is the most consequential diplomatic shift in decades, deepening the divisions between China and the rest of the specifically democratic world.
Years in the making, the Quad is finally a real group. The leaders of the US, Japan, Australia and India will hold regular meetings .
David Rowe
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At a nondescript hotel conference room in Manila in November 2017, senior diplomats from Australia, the US, Japan and India gathered to talk shop.
While the East Asia Summit had been dominated by US President Donald Trump skipping out on the event, the officials were meeting quietly to revive the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.
Antony Blinken Picks Up Mike Pompeo s Mantle as He Tackles China Head-On
On 1/29/21 at 4:51 AM EST
Recent pronouncements by Secretary of State Antony Blinken have signaled his intention to tackle China head-on as he rejected Beijing s maritime claims in the South China Sea and also spoke up for Taiwan in the days following President Joe Biden s inauguration.
Asia watchers expressed feelings of relief after learning of Biden s foreign policy picks, among them Blinken at the State Department and Jake Sullivan as national security adviser. But key personnel such as Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and China experts Kurt Campbell and Ely Ratner are also expected to help the president make consistent decisions at home and abroad.
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