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[Speaking Out] Time for Japan’s Clever Strategy for Deterring A Wounded Dragon
In his review of past pandemics, historian Niall Ferguson has pointed out that unknown viruses could intensify existin
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To Ensure Its Security Post-Pandemic, Japan Should Help Boost India’s Economic Clout
There is no sign of the prevalent novel coronavirus infections letting up in India as of the end of […]
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[Speaking Out] Involve Europe in the Indo-Pacific Strategy
Is Chinese President Xi Jinping a national salvation leader or an oppressive dictator? Xi clearly attempted to posit
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Has China Created a ‘Red Version’ of its Border with India in Ladakh?
(Cover map courtesy of: Press Trust of India, cited in https://kashmirobserver.) The Chinese People’s Liberation Arm
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Tokyo’s China Problem: Ignore It or Deal With It?
One need not be a cynic to think the Japanese government’s preferred approach to problems is to ignore […]
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China Rapidly Dwarfing Japan in Naval Power, Would Establish Superiority in a Senkakus Showdown
A new report from a major United States think tank warns that China has achieved clear naval superiority […]
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Provocations in the Senkakus Show How China Plans to Expand Maritime Control Post-Pandemic
Even as nations around the world are struggling to respond to the challenge of the novel coronavirus pandemic, [&hel
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[Asia’s Next Page] Amid COVID Pandemic, China Revs Up Its U.S. Strategy
As questions hound the Chinese leadership at home and abroad over the origin, outbreak, and failure to contain [&hel
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To Confront China After Coronavirus, We Must See the Bigger Picture
In a popular movie two decades ago, hard-eyed criminals released into Sydney a woman infected with a virus, knowing [&
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Why China’s ‘Wolf Warrior Diplomacy’ Will Backfire
Of late, the term “wolf warrior diplomacy” has caught the attention of policy wonks across the world. “Wolf [&hellip
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To Protect the Future, Hold China to Account
In the winter of 2002–2003, the deadly SARS coronavirus exploded out of China’s “wet-blood” wildlife markets. SARS infec
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In Xi Jinping’s Chastened China, an Emerging Insurgency Within the Party
(Last of Two Parts) Part 1: Growth Disrupted: A Chastened China Girds for Conflict Reading between […]