Category: dialogue

Beijing Snubs US Defense Secretary

Commentary In a snub to Washington, Beijing relegated U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to meet with China’s No. 3 military official. Asia’s most important security summit, the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, was held in Singapore on June 10–12. Attendees included the defense ministers of the United States, China, Australia, Japan, South Korea, France, Fiji, and…


The Subliminal Forms of Threat and Intimidation in the CCP’s Bilateral Dialogues

Commentary How interesting it is to see the contempt Beijing has for the Biden administration’s China policy of competition, cooperation, and confrontation when necessary. Recently, a number of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) spokespersons have expressed harsh criticism and veiled threats toward the United States through so-called diplomatic dialogue. Apparently, the CCP suspects that Biden’s China…


We Have Lost the Humility to Change

Commentary I’ve put myself in a precarious position early in my career. At 20 years old, several publications have afforded me the platform to have a voice in the national conversation—not because I’m an expert of any sort, but because they recognized the importance of broadening the generational dialogue. For this I’m hugely grateful, but…


US Calls for Dialogue to Resolve India’s Farmers’ Protests

NEW DELHI—The U.S. embassy in New Delhi urged India’s government on Thursday to resume talks with farmers whose months-long protests over agricultural reforms erupted into violence last week. India’s Foreign Ministry said it had “taken note” of the comments and underlined ongoing efforts between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and farmer’s groups to resolve the…