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While the Middle East has a powerful claim on the world's attention (or at least Washington's), the world has no shortage of potentially explosive hotspots. Whether it's conflictin...(full article)

Fresh off a three-week standoff over their disputed border, the Line of Actual Control (LAC), China and India are taking steps to repair their relationship and possibly set it on...(full article)

On May 10, an article in the Global Times, which is affiliated to the People's Daily, asserted that the Ryukyu issue offered leverage to China. If Japan chooses to be antagonistic...(full article)

The title of a book by the late American sinologist Benjamin I. Schwartz, “In Search of Wealth and Power,” rather accurately sums up the preoccupation of generations of Chinese...(full article)

Even before Washington announced its official policy of rebalancing its force posture to the Asia Pacific, the United States had undertaken steps to strengthen its military posture...(full article)

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