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Book Review: The Trump Phenomenon and the Future of US Foreign Policy, and Crouching Tiger: What China's Militarism Means for the World

John Hemmings

John Hemmings reviews The Trump Phenomenon and the Future of US Foreign Policy, by Daniel Quinn Mills and Steven Rosefielde, and Crouching Tiger: What China’s Militarism Means for the World, by Peter Navarro.

"“Both leaders are energised by a focus on security, both see their countries and administrations as being unfairly targeted. Both also rode into power from outside the political elite on the back of an angry populism which seems absent of a clearly thought-out ideology,” said HA Hellyer, an analyst with the London-based thinktank the Royal United Services Institute "

Warm welcome awaits Sisi as Trump rolls out red carpet for Egypt strongman

""It will be the job of someone like Tillerson to reassure them that the United States remains committed to NATO," said Jonathan Eyal, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). "

NATO summit will likely have tough questions for Tillerson: experts

"'Trump needs to demonstrate continued US strength in the region to assure East Asian allies who feel increasingly threatened by North Korea’s nuclear capability. At the same time, his administration needs to manage the fragile security situation and ensure that it does not deteriorate to the point of disaster. Any talk of military action will only escalate tensions further and put the North Korean regime on edge.' "

Can Trump improve relations with North Korea?

Are We Dancing? US Ambition for German Defence Spending

John Louth

Berlin has promised that it will meet its 2% NATO spending commitment – but it is going to take some time.

Cyber Security: Deter or Die?

Ewan Lawson

Despite what you may have heard, the latest information dump from Wikileaks is not the most important development in cyber security.