Nobel prize nominations, gushing tributes, and even a “daddy” moniker. The Trump presidencies have changed diplomacy in many ways, especially in the personalisation of US foreign policy – but the ...
Sri Lanka turned 70 on February 4. On February 1, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo put out an effusive press statement, another example of the depths of American obsequiousness when it comes to Sri Lanka.
Yesterday’s address by Australia’s prime minister to a joint sitting of the US Congress was always going to be a cringe-inducing demonstration of complete subservience. But Julia Gillard’s ...