Category: Foreign Policy

Putin’s Brief Visit to New Delhi Brings Greater Meaning to Indo-Russian Relations: Experts

NEW DELHI—Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India on Dec. 6 shows India and Russia consider their foreign policy engagements significant in a changing world order, experts say. The brief Monday summit between Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took place hours after the inaugural 2+2 dialogue between the foreign and defense ministers of the two…


Walking Away From AUKUS and Towards Beijing: Australian Labor Party Foreign Policy

Commentary This week, the usually cautious Australian Labor Party (ALP) shadow minister for foreign affairs, Senator Penny Wong, gave a speech at the Australian National University (ANU), where she unveiled a telling glimpse into Labor’s China strategy if they are elected in the coming federal election. “Australia’s leaders should take the world as it is,”…


Walking Away From AUKUS and Towards Beijing: Australian Labor Party’s Foreign Policy

Commentary This week, the usually cautious Australian Labor Party (ALP) shadow minister for foreign affairs, Senator Penny Wong, gave a speech at the Australian National University (ANU), where she unveiled a telling glimpse into Labor’s China strategy if they are elected in the coming federal election. “Australia’s leaders should take the world as it is,”…


New Minister’s Remarks Cast Doubt on Whether Liberal Government Understands Importance of Foreign Policy

Commentary When you hear about our new foreign minister and her priorities, you don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or sigh. Or more precisely, in what order to do all three. First, the sigh. Among the surprises in Justin Trudeau’s latest cabinet shuffle, gearing up for the vastly great things he had to call the…


Major Parties’ Election Platforms Need More Focus on Beijing’s Influence to Reflect Canadians’ Concerns: Experts

The 2021 election platforms released by the major federal parties have not adequately addressed the threat the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses toward Canada, reflecting a lack of understanding of CCP’s true nature and aggression, experts warn. In a virtual press conference held Sept.8, experts urged the next federal government to take a more hardline…


US Can Move Beyond Afghanistan Shambles With Alliance of Democracies

Commentary In the afterglow of the shambles of American and NATO policy in Afghanistan, it is probably a good time to review American strategic thinking in the Mideast and South Asia generally. While the Cold War was in progress and the Nehru-Gandhi Congress party was in power in India, it made some sense for the…


Germany’s China Envoy Dies Less Than 2 Weeks After Appointment

Germany’s new ambassador to China, who was previously a senior adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel, has died, less than two weeks after assuming his post, the German government said on Sept. 6. Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the “sudden death” of Jan Hecker, 54, in a short statement in the early hours of Sept….


Germany’s China Envoy Dies Less Than 2 Weeks Into the Job

Germany’s new ambassador to China, who was previously a senior adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel, has died less than two weeks after assuming his post, the German government said on Sept. 6. Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the “sudden death” of Jan Hecker, 54, in a short statement in the early hours of Sept….


Germany’s China Envoy Dies Less Than 2 Weeks Into Posting

Germany’s new ambassador to China, who was previously a senior adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel, has died, less than two weeks after assuming his post, the German government said on Sept. 6. Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the “sudden death” of Jan Hecker, 54, in a short statement in the early hours of Sept….


German Ambassador to China Dies 2 Weeks Into the Job

BEIJING—Germany’s ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, who was a former foreign policy adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel, has died suddenly, less than two weeks after taking up his post. Hecker, 54, had presented his credentials at China’s foreign ministry on Aug. 24, the embassy in Beijing told Reuters by social media. The cause of death…