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t, 4:00 PM. Like the Great Game struggles between Russia and Britain over India that existed for most of the 19th century, the "other" Great Game in East Asia over control of the Korean peninsula also gave rise to lasting rivalry and bloodshed among the regional powers at the turn of the twentieth century

ts • Brookings Institution: A discussion of the Office of Management and Budget's updated benefit-cost guidelines — Monday, May 22, 2023. Location: Brookings Institution, 2:00 PM. On Monday, May 22, the Brookings Institution Center on Regulation and Markets and the Niskanen Center will jointly host a conversation wi

needed most. The once-hopeful Arab Spring has staggered into civil war and military coup. China is stepping up territorial claims in the waters off East Asia. Longtime allies in Europe and in the Persian Gulf are worried by the inconsistency of a president who came to office promising the end of the Uni

he trigger on such a potent financial weapon, especially when he needs Russian cooperation on Syria and Iran. "What can we do?" asked Fiona Hill, a Brookings Institution scholar who was the government's top intelligence officer on Russia during the Georgia war when Mr. Putin deflected Western agitation. "We'll talk

ce in Asian affairs. The government in Beijing was seen as preoccupied with domestic affairs, no longer opposed to the presence of American forces in East Asia, and anxious to work with the United States and other noncommunist countries to offset Soviet pressure against China. The Americans saw the Taiwan qu

Clinton Administrations (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001); Harry Harding, A Fragile Relationship: The US and China Since 1972 (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1992); David M. Lampton, Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing US-China Relations, 1989-2000 (Berkeley: University of California, 2001); James Mann,