A primer for the ultimate Greek tragedy? On the Ides of September US President Joe Biden shifted the Great Game overnight from Afghanistan (and Europe) to Oceania (and Asia) by announcing a new informal AUKUS defense partnership. The United States…
Bending the Bamboo
Should Europe add pro-democracy protests in far-off Hong Kong to its list of geopolitical crises to confront in order to plug gaps left by America’s abdication of global leadership? Yes, say European Union foreign policy chief Frederica Mogherini, human-rights activists…