Shannon Tiezzi

1 week ago | buff.ly | Shannon Tiezzi

Australian voters went to the polls on May 3, in a general election where foreign policy – particularly the instability wrought by the Trump administration in the United States – played a larger than normal role in the campaign. In the end, Australians voted to return the Labor Party and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to office – with a strengthened majority, no less.

1 week ago | thediplomat.com | Shannon Tiezzi

Australian voters went to the polls on May 3, in a general election where foreign policy – particularly the instability wrought by the Trump administration in the United States – played a larger than normal role in the campaign. In the end, Australians voted to return the Labor Party and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to office – with a strengthened majority, no less.

3 weeks ago | thediplomat.com | Shannon Tiezzi

Both sides walked back the eye-popping tariff rates announced since April 2, but no progress was made on structural issues. Subscribe for ads-free reading China and the United States agreed to sharply reduce tariffs on each other’s products over the weekend, drawing back from a trade war that had seen duties rise well into the triple digits.

4 weeks ago | thediplomat.com | Shannon Tiezzi

Xi’s attendance at the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow served as yet another reminder of the modern-day strategic calculations underpinning the China-Russia convergence. Subscribe for ads-free reading China’s President Xi Jinping is in Russia on a state visit from May 7 to 10, highlighted by his attendance at the massive military parade in Moscow to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in the European theater.

1 month ago | thediplomat.com | Mitch Shin |Shannon Tiezzi

South Korea’s political and constitutional chaos have entered a new phase, one that will likely last even after the June 3 presidential election. Subscribe for ads-free reading In a hectic day for South Korea’s already beleaguered political scene, Acting President Han Duck-soo resigned – almost immediately followed by the resignation of his successor-to-be, Choi Sang-mok.