The question remains, are US policy elites aware of how their actions are perceived abroad, or do they know and just don’t care?

Biden administration is sleepwalking America into wars it can’t feasibly win against Russia and China

Gaining footholds around the world, Beijing is testing America’s ‘strategic depth.’

I agree with Stephen Kinzer (“China gives us a taste of our own medicine,” Ideas, Jan. 9). No nation on earth ever had as many bases outside its country as the United States. Yet despite the fact that our nation […]

Joint military exercises and technology sharing are seen as tools in to limit U.S. might abroad

2021 saw the two countries draw closer together than ever in recent years, with bilateral trade surpassing pre-pandemic levels and cooperation on the energy front. Most outstanding, however, was military collaboration, which could deepen next year.

Upon taking office, US President Joe Biden had an opportunity to engineer a reset in international relations, engaging constructively with China and Russia to figure out how to manage the new multipolar world. His administration has done the opposite, apparently believing that America is still the global hegemon.

Japan, India and the US need to address Russian anxieties

US deploying tripwires rather than building guardrails in moves that are strengthening the Sino-Russian quasi-alliance.

If a dialogue produces positive results then of course such dialogue should be pursued earnestly. That’s a general rule.