Pivot to Asia

Protests Erupt Against U.S. Military Exercises and Expansion of U.S. Military Footprint in The Philippines

Filipinos Don’t Want to Be Used as a “Footstool for American Power Projection and Provocation” Says Filipino Peace Activist This past month, more than 3,000 U.S. and Filipino soldiers participated in a three-week live-fire military exercise called Balikatan, which included a drill to blow up a mock Chinese warship in the South China Sea. The […]

Nothing Good Will Come from the New Cold War with Australia as a Frontline State

John (Prince) Siddon (Australia), Slim Dusty, Looking Forward, Looking Back, 2021. On 15 November 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country ‘seeks a stable relationship with China’. This is because, as Albanese pointed out, China is ‘Australia’s largest trading partner. They are worth more […]