Asia

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Amid the Clamor for War in Korea, Here Are Two Voices for Peace Amid the Clamor for War in Korea, Here Are Two Voices for Peace

A former Pentagon chief and a “dialogue practitioner” push for engagement.

Dec 12, 2017 / Tim Shorrock

Pakistan Drone Protest

In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Collective Punishment Is the Law of the Land In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Collective Punishment Is the Law of the Land

Civilians here, who live under an outdated colonial regime, have been terrorized by US drone strikes and extremist Islamists for many years.

Dec 6, 2017 / Umar Farooq

Trump Jingping Beijing

Trump Begins to Feel His Way Toward a Post-American World Trump Begins to Feel His Way Toward a Post-American World

Whether or not by design, Trump seems to recognize that Xi’s dynamically emergent China has to be accommodated, not resisted.

Nov 30, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5 Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5

By declaring Putin’s Russia to be the greatest danger to America, the political-media establishment itself is endangering US national security.

Nov 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

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Fake News and the Death of Democracy in Cambodia Fake News and the Death of Democracy in Cambodia

Forget tanks and rifles. Like other autocrats, Cambodia’s Hun Sen uses fake news to justify oppression.

Nov 21, 2017 / Geoffrey Cain

Trump in Beijing—Devoid of a Strategy, While Xi Deploys China’s

Trump in Beijing—Devoid of a Strategy, While Xi Deploys China’s Trump in Beijing—Devoid of a Strategy, While Xi Deploys China’s

Next to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, and its alliance with Moscow, Washington’s preference for perpetual conflict looks pitifully bankrupt.

Nov 10, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

South Korea Trump Protest

Koreans Protest Trump as the US Congress Tries to Restrain Him Koreans Protest Trump as the US Congress Tries to Restrain Him

“No to Trump, No to War” is the slogan of the day.

Nov 7, 2017 / Tim Shorrock

USS Ronald Reagan

Is the United States Planning to Attack North Korea? Is the United States Planning to Attack North Korea?

Three US aircraft-carrier groups have now converged in the Pacific.

Nov 1, 2017 / Michael T. Klare

Trump Goes to Asia—but the Pentagon Gets There First

Trump Goes to Asia—but the Pentagon Gets There First Trump Goes to Asia—but the Pentagon Gets There First

Mattis confirms policy with Manila, Tokyo, and Seoul before the president’s first trip across the Pacific.

Oct 31, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Striding So Fast on Quivering Springs

Striding So Fast on Quivering Springs Striding So Fast on Quivering Springs

Turkmenistan’s political cult of the horse.

Oct 31, 2017 / David Garcia

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