Ambassadors of the United States

10 Dec 2012

Is Ireland big enough for Bill Clinton?

4:12AM

Australia finds a new role as Sino-US matchmaker

26 Feb 2008

Every year, Australian and US defence and foreign affairs ministers and advisers discuss security issues and how they both see the world.

8:32PM

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq

3 Feb 2008

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq

by Thomas E. Ricks

Penguin, HK$128

6:27PM

Wen's diary packed with world leaders' visits

18 Jan 2008

It has been a hectic start to what will certainly be an eventful year for the mainland's leaders.

4:51PM

Call to engage China

20 Oct 2007

The United States should continue to engage China on improving its human rights record rather than boycotting the Beijing Olympics next year, Democratic Party lawmakers said during a trip to...

8:22AM

Fiasco - The American Military Adventure in Iraq

19 Aug 2007

Fiasco - The American Military Adventure in Iraq

by Thomas E. Ricks

Penguin, HK$128

9:10PM

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

7:12AM

US can prevent wrongs by getting intelligence right

What drives critics of the Iraqi war as much as the flawed case for the invasion and the awful human cost has been the Bush administration's reluctance to acknowledge mistakes and take action to...

8:17PM

New defence chief must learn from US mistakes

New US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has ascended to a powerful role: America's annual military spending is more than China's entire budget, so he has the resources at his disposal to have a...

11:44AM

The rise of the neo-con artists

PART 5: THE POLITICAL AFTERMATH

The September 11 attacks demanded a dramatic response. Some fundamental shift in the way the US dealt with the rest of the world. But what?

4:04AM

Rumsfeld launches charm offensive

Flurry of meetings aimed at wooing new allies and cementing old ties in regional talks

As a rising China dominates the regional security concerns of US Secretary of Defence Donald...

7:39PM

Demystify arms buys, China urged

US defence chief suggests culture of secrecy on military budget could affect foreign investment

US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld yesterday urged China to 'demystify' its...

7:30PM

Rumsfeld: canny survivor or liability for Bush?

'You go to war with the army you have ... not the army you might want.' One of many seemingly ill-advised statements that have landed US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld in hot water over the...

3:14PM