Washington’s failure to enforce the Monroe Doctrine during the Cold War when the Soviet Union made Cuba into a client state and military outpost has not encouraged respect for that doctrine in the post-Cold War era. The Trump administration needs to adopt a firmer policy toward..…

If they wanted a continuation of the Cold War, they would have supported Clinton. The fact that they supported Trump showed that the continuation of the Cold War was not what they wanted. ..…

The US administration seems set on a new ‘cold war’ with China, the FT concludes. ... Trump, unrealistically, is even talking of stopping the Chinese economy from “becoming bigger than us,” the US. ..…

At that time China is seen disciplined labour and in the long run, with one fifth of the population, it will become attractive market outlet for Western products. ..…