Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Asia’s military leaders on Saturday that America would put its most committed partners at “the front of the line” for U.S. support, suggesting that countries must vie for American attention even as many look for more help to counter an emboldened China. In a region already concerned that America may…
China’s top diplomat met with Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday and called for greater efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz and for an end to the war, after the Trump administration pressed Beijing to help end Tehran’s chokehold over the waterway. Meeting in Beijing with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister Wang Yi…
Two months into the war in Iran, President Trump is confronting the complicated reality of a conflict that has proved costly, deeply unpopular and lacks a clear endgame. Energy markets are in turmoil. The Pentagon has given its first public estimate of the war’s cost: $25 billion so far. Key Republicans in Congress are growing…
Xi, it seems, is less concerned with personal immortality than Putin. Watching that hot-mic clip, it’s easy to imagine that he was really just indulging the eccentric preoccupations of his Russian counterpart, if for no other reason than it was something to talk about while they walked to the podium. But in 2018, Xi rescinded…
