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be made about another big and seemingly stable dictatorship: China. The well-orchestrated visit to the United States last month of ruler-in-waiting Xi Jinping was in keeping with the regime's plan for a smooth transition of power over the next year — and a decade- long reign of Xi. Yet even China's own go

ruler-in-waiting Xi Jinping was in keeping with the regime's plan for a smooth transition of power over the next year — and a decade- long reign of Xi. Yet even China's own government planners say that the political stasis this implies is unworkable. In a remarkable new report co-written with the

having helped foment an image of Israeli obstinacy, the Obama administration was now using this image of isolation against Israel's government. Mr. Panetta's criticism was promptly endorsed by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a harsh critic of Israel, who said Mr. Panetta was "correct in hi

rsaries must view this deterrence capability in recent months: October 2011: Speaking to reporters traveling with him to Israel, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta raised provocative questions about Israel. "Is it enough to maintain a military edge if you're isolating yourself in the diplomatic arena?" This c

and occupation could hope to accomplish that, and not even the most fervent anti-Iranian hawks are talking about that kind of enormous undertaking. Panetta's estimate that an aerial assault would set back the Iranian nuclear program by only one or two years is in line with many other assessments. Meanw

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so raises more alarm about his second-term choice=. John Kerry, Chuck Hagel and John Brennan all lack the independent standing of Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Panetta and former =eneral Petraeus. They aren't likely to challenge Mr. Obama with views he d=esn't want to hear. U.S. military actio= other than drone war

confirmed that last year the President personally killed a plan supported by his main sec=rity advisers to arm the Syrian rebels. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chief= General Martin Dempsey didn't elaborate on the President's reasons for ki=ling the proposal. But the two senior off

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ne deafness—sat in for her father between Chinese president Xi Jinping and British prime minister Theresa May at

return trip home, Ivanka—with what by now was starting to seem like an almost anarchic tone deafness—sat in for her father between Chinese president Xi Jinping and British prime minister Theresa May at the main G20 conference table. But this was mere distraction: as the president and his team huddled on the

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e last few months are only dress rehearsals for the far more consequential difficulties that will face the incoming leadership of president-"elect" Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. Over the next decade, China will have to grapple with a number of structural dilemmas, and the potential solutions go well

l solutions go well beyond the current reforms. Whether the new leadership is up to the task remains an open question, but no one can deny that Mr. Xi will enter office next year with a very full plate. Islands of Instability In 1831, the underwater volcano Empedocles erupted off the coast of Sic

contributed to a warning last week from Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta that the United States was at risk of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor." After Mr. Panetta's remarks on Thursday night, American officials described an emerging shadow war of attacks and counterattacks already under way between the United

which so many other=issues -- terrorism and Iran, notably -- seem to come from.<=span> Could China, then, be stealing A=erica's thunder? President Xi linping made waves <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/world/asir/mahmoud-abbas-benjamin-netanyahu-in-china.html?_r=1&> last week by inviting both I

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al foreign policy advisers from his fir=t term advocated giving weapons to the rebels — Secretary of State Hilla=y Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, CIA Director David Petraeusand the chairman of the Joint Chi=fs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey. But the president overrode them, his cau=ion of no h

n the short term its growing self-confidence is raising demand among neighbours for a stronger US presence. Mr Obama probably holds more cards than Xi Jinping, his new Chinese counterpart. There is every reason for Mr Xi to improve the tone. China, after all, is the biggest free rider on US largesse. Whi

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oop presence in Afghanistan concludes in 2014. But the scaling down there and in Iraq has already freed up resources to go east. Earlier this year, Leon Panetta, the Pentagon chief, said the US would deploy 60 per cent of its naval assets in the Asia-Pacificand 40 per cent in the Atlantic — from the previou

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