East Asia Institute - National University of Singapore
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
A Middle East war. A Beijing visit. A midterm election. Three things that have no business happening at the same time - and yet, here we are!
Steven Okun was at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore yesterday working through all of it - Iran's ripple effects, where China fits into an increasingly crowded US foreign policy agenda, and the electoral pressures shaping every move Washington makes right now.
The big question hanging over the room: is Trump's war on Iran the moment American imperial overreach becomes impossible to ignore? No simple answers, but a clearer sense of what to watch and why it matters.
