US foreign policy

Trump learns that not everyone has a price

Donald Trump's foreign policy struggles can be traced to a blind spot - people who believe in ideals, says the writer.

A face-saving chance for Trump to pause the war on Iran

An anti-US banner on display in Tehran. The China guarantee is possibly the best exit opportunity for Mr Trump to extricate himself from the quagmire, says the writer.

Iran could emerge from the war stronger and more dangerous

Iran's neighbours are horrified that Tehran may emerge from the war with practical control over Gulf energy exports and a new stream of income from tolls on ships using the Strait of Hormuz, says the writer.

What the Iran war teaches America’s adversaries

Despite immense American firepower, cheap Iranian drones have continued to do damage, as in this attack near Eshtaol, Israel on March 28.

Trump’s Armageddon-Taco shuffle

US President Donald Trump speaking to the media in Florida on March 23.

News analysis

With the Iran crisis, has India’s Middle East balancing act hit a roadblock?

Buyers queue for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at a depot in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on March 16.

News analysis

Greenland might break China’s rare earth grip – but not on the West’s timeline

Tony Sage, CEO of US-listed Critical Metals Corp, is developing the Tanbreez rare earths deposit in Southern Greenland.

Trump and Takaichi hit it off as she dodges his Iran war rage, also brings up China concerns

US President Donald Trump with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office on March 19.

Commentary

A shadow looms over US-Israel ties despite joint action against Iran

A protest against US military action in Iran in New York City on March 2.

Will America’s Asian allies get dragged into the Iran war?

Protesters rallying outside the American embassy in Seoul on March 15 against US President Donald Trump's call to South Korea and other countries to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz.

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