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| Who’s Driving the Rohingya into the Sea? |
| 31.05.15 10:34 |
Asia rising |
| As the plight of the Rohingya, driven from Myanmar into the sea, gains increasing international attention, the same familiar voices across the West have begun climbing upon their soapboxes and pointing fingers at each and every nation refusing to accept them upon their shores. What is not mentioned, conveniently, is who drove them into the sea to begin with |
| Tony Cartalucci |
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| The Japanese Pivot |
| 25.05.15 19:31 |
Asia rising |
| Will Japan agree to drop its claims on the South Kurile islands for the sake of signing a peace treaty with Russia? Even a couple of years ago I would have said with certainty that its not possible, and that the Japanese will continue to cover our islands to the last |
| Fritzmorgen |
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| Is the US Planning a “Gulf of Tonkin” Incident in the South China Sea? |
| 18.05.15 20:46 |
Asia rising |
| Following weeks of scaremongering by American officials over China’s activities in the South China Sea, US Secretary of State John Kerry used his visit to Beijing last weekend to issue an ultimatum to Chinese leaders to halt land reclamation on islets and shoals. His Chinese counterpart Wang Yi bluntly refused, insisting that China would safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity “as firm as a rock |
| Peter Symonds |
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| The Strategic Alignment between Russia and China: Myths and Reality |
| 10.05.15 20:34 |
Asia rising |
| Speculation about the possibility of China and Russia creating an official strategic alliance in response to American unipolar dominance is not new and can be traced back to the early 1990s. Recently, however, the American “pivot to Asia,” China’s new assertiveness in territorial disputes, Russia’s high-profile “turn to the East,” and the deterioration of Russia-America and, more broadly, Russia-West relations as a consequence of the Ukraine crisis have generated a complex geopolitical milieu that reignited discussion among both policy advocates and scholars about the prospects of a China-Russia strategic alliance. |
| The Asan Forum |
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