S. Roblin, NBC
Despite starting technologically well behind America, China has developed new systems faster and more cheaply to fend off the U.S. in East Asia.
RAND Corporation
Disputes over the regional order in post-Soviet Europe and Eurasia are at the core of the breakdown in relations between Russia and the West and have created major security and economic challenges for the states caught in between: first and foremost Ukraine, but also Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Current policy approaches toward the regional order i.e., the set of rules, norms, and institutions that govern the region have exacerbated today's disorder and... Читать дальше...
Donald Greenlees, The Strategist
Wang Jen-shu, the first ambassador to Indonesia of the People's Republic of China, spent a troubled couple of years as Beijing's man in Jakarta in the early 1950s. He clashed repeatedly with a prime minister, Sukiman Wirjosandjojo, known for pro-American sympathies, as he sought to advance the shared interests of the Chinese and Indonesian communist parties.Wang, a firebrand writer of poetry and short stories who published under the name Baren, had been a stalwart... Читать дальше...
Jay Weiser, The American Interest
A man of vociferous opinions, few consistent, Kaiser Wilhelm II was confident of his universally superior knowledge. This confidence was not matched by an ability to read briefing materials or master policy details.
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury, Small Wars Journal
IntroductionThe Indian Ocean has gained geostrategic importance due to the volume of trade that passes through it. At the same time, China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is increasing Chinese influence in numerous countries in Asia and across the globe. Against this backdrop, this paper seeks to examine how the growing Chinese footprint in Sri Lanka and the Maldives can have implications for India's national security and how the Chinese expansion is... Читать дальше...
Newsweek
A contingent of U.S. Special Forces was caught up in Turkish shelling against U.S.-backed Kurdish positions in northern Syria, days after President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart he would withdraw U.S. troops from certain positions in the area. A senior Pentagon official said shelling by the Turkish forces was so heavy that the U.S. personnel considered firing back in self-defense.Newsweek has learned through both an Iraqi Kurdish intelligence official and the senior Pentagon... Читать дальше...
Joe Penney, Quartz
Since 2015, Russia has signed military agreements with 21 African countries, and in the past decade, it has grown its trade with the continent to $20.4 billion in 2018 from $5.7 billion in 2009.Forced to find new diplomatic partners as well as markets for arms and goods after United States and European Union's sanctions for Russia's annexation of Crimea, the rapid growth of this partnership has set off alarm bells in Washington, D.C. and Paris.
Al-Monitor
On Sept. 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced what was referred to as an unprecedented project envisaging the establishment of refugee towns in Syrian areas where Turkey's Operation Peace Spring is taking place.A week later, he revealed the details of this curious project. We made the necessary plans. With the support from international community we will resettle 1 million people into 140 villages with 5,000 inhabitants and 50 districts of 30,000 inhabitants, he said during his parliamentary address Oct. Читать дальше...
The Economist
But there remain plenty of reasons for pessimismCould it be a ceasefire at last? After months of rising tension and threats of ever higher tariffs, American and Chinese negotiators agreed to a mini-truce on October 11th. In exchange for America holding off on a tariff increase planned for October 15th, the Chinese government offered to buy American agricultural products. China also pledged to do more to liberalise its financial services sector, tighten up its intellectual property... Читать дальше...
