By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing, China The world’s attention was focused on U.S. President Trump’s visit to Beijing on May 13-15. While some commentators argued that a new phase of ceasefire had begun in US-China competition, others focused on Washington’s attempt to seek Beijing’s assistance in overcoming its difficulties stemming from the war against Iran and the crisis in the ...
By Orçun Göktürk, from Beijing / China With Donald Trump’s return to the global stage, the U.S. foreign policy strategy has shifted away from its long-proclaimed mission of defending so-called “freedom and democracy” toward a period entirely oriented around American interests -a new “era of the best deals.” At the heart of this change lies Trump’s “America First” doctrine, which ...