Chinese President Xi Jinping recently concluded a multi-day trip to Saudi Arabia, which included a Chinese state visit to Saudi Arabia, the first-ever China–Arab States Summit, and a China–Gulf Cooperation Council Summit. In the Kingdom, China and Saudi Arabia signed…
Last week, while toothlessly condemning Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, the Biden administration also called on U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Oman to support “diplomatic efforts” to end the Yemeni Civil War. This followed several Houthi drone and missile operations,…
The gloves are coming off in the tech tit-for-tat between China and the West. In an effort to prevent the rest of Europe from joining the U.S. and UK boycott of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, China is attempting to hold…
Huawei, the controversial Chinese telecommunications giant, was dealt another blow this week with the news that it would be banned from the United Kingdom’s 5G network development. The government decision, released Tuesday, explicitly mentions the American sanctions on Huawei, introduced…
China and India scaled back operations in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) region of the contested Galawan Valley on Monday. Three weeks ago, the valley was the site of the bloodiest altercation between China and India since the 1970s,…
It looks like Israel is the latest U.S. ally to fall victim to China’s problematic mask diplomacy (which I have discussed earlier) in the wake of the coronavirus. The declaration of Israel’s Health Ministry of being able to conduct 15,000…
History reveals the constant competition among nations. That competition is comprised of the creation and destruction of alliances, enmities, and marriages of convenience, in all of which frequent betrayals and double-crosses are an essential part. George MacDonald Fraser had perhaps the…