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The #ColdWar is over. " #PaxAmericana" is over

It's regional powers abusing their neighbors now

#Ukraine, #Georgia etc near #Russia

#Canada, #Venezuela etc near #USA

#Taiwan, #Philippines etc near #China

Here's an amazing bit of #diplomacy #drama on the point

Phillippine Defense Secretary #GilbertoTeodoro at a #SouthKorea #security forum is handed a note apparently from a Chinese military attaché

And ad libs this witty, dignified reaction

deccanherald.com/world/asia/ha…

#SouthChinaSea #UNCLOS

'Have a little shame': Philippines defence chief gets China's note mid-speech, fires salvo over South China Sea claims

The already strained China-Philippines diplomatic relations escalated further when the two countries got engaged in a public war of words over Beijing's increasingly aggressive pursuit of maritime claims in the South China Sea.
DH Online (Deccan Herald)
#ukraine #china #russia #georgia #usa #southkorea #canada #venezuela #security #coldwar #philippines #drama #taiwan #diplomacy #gilbertoteodoro #southchinasea #paxamericana #unclos

#iran #middleeast #diplomacy #iranpact #isolation

For decades, Putin has offered Japan a compromise on the Kuril Islands. So why, on his first visit to the islands this week, did he talk about Russians' 'genetic code of winners' instead?

#PeaceTreaty #InternationalRelations #RussiaJapanTension #Diplomacy #Geopolitics

meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/1…

For decades, Putin has offered Japan a compromise on the Kuril Islands. So why, on his first visit to the islands this week, did he talk about Russians’ ‘genetic code of winners’ instead? — Meduza

Since taking power, Vladimir Putin has pursued a peace treaty with Japan, asserting Russia’s sovereignty over the islands while saying he is willing to negotiate on the basis of the 1956 declaration.
Meduza
#geopolitics #internationalrelations #diplomacy #PeaceTreaty #russiajapantension

#iran #donaldtrump #straitofhormuz #foxnews #diplomacy

#trump #politicalcontroversy #diplomacy #airforceone #securityconcerns

#cnn #diplomacy #iranthreat #securityconcerns #kaitlancollins

Iran: Saudi-Turkiye-Pakistan Security Pact Shows 'Change In Perception'

#Iran #SecurityPact #USPerception #RegionalSecurity #Diplomacy

popularresistance.org/iran-sau…

Iran: Saudi–Turkiye–Pakistan Security Pact Shows ‘Change In Perception’ - PopularResistance.Org

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on 10 August that a recently announced defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Pakistan is “a sign of a change in the perception” by regional states toward Washington, adding that Iran is not c…
Terrace (PopularResistance.Org)
#iran #diplomacy #securitypact #usperception #regionalsecurity

#gaza #trump #genocide #geopolitics #diplomacy

When is a ceasefire for negotiations not a ceasefire?

When both the US & Iran continue exchanging attacks while claiming such exchanges are not violations of the ceasefire!

On one level perhaps this merely reflects the old Humpty Dumpty aphorism that words mean what we say they mean... but on another its one more sign that political/diplomatic discourse is at best unreliable as a guide to actuality, and at worst intended to be deceptive (or at least distracting).

#diplomacy #Iran #USA

#iran #usa #diplomacy

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