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From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: June 9 update Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:35:09 +0000 9 June, 2012 Article 1. NYT Assad, the Butcher Editorial Article 2. The Was

isit to Vietnam to underscore how the United States intends to back its allies in the Asia-Pacific region and help them enforce their rights in the South China Sea, an area that Beijing claims much of. Such sentiments are unlikely to have been well received by China's leaders. Against this backdrop, China and

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: September 16 udpate Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:25:51 +0000 16 September, 2012 Article 1. American Interest The Middle East Mess Par

months the paper has published a number of combative editorials on the ongoing standoff with the Philippines regarding ownership of portions of the South China Sea and its territorial dispute with Japan over the Diaovu/Senkaku i . In short, it appears to be at the epicenter of a growing wave of aggressive Chin

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen < IIMI> Subject: January 24 update Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:19:06 +0000 24 January, 2012 Article 1. Wall Street Journal What Moscow and Damasc

e accomplishment side of the ledger, credit Barack Obama with a very smart policy in Asia. By taking advantage of China overplaying its hand in the South China Sea and generally unnerving most of the region, the Obama administration has reconfirmed the central role of the United States in East Asia. The openin

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nable. Meanwhile, China'= increasing assertiveness discomfits neighbors throughout Southeast and Ea=t Asia. China has claimed pretty much the whole South China Sea, though it= coastline is farther from much of it than that of Vietnam, Malaysia or the Philippines. It has sent planes and =hips to challenge Japan

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen < MIIIMII> Subject: August 21 update Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:22:23 +0000 21 August, 2012 Article 1 Foreign Policy The Israeli debate on attack

ainland as far as the Philippines, and nearly as far south as the Strait of Malacca." This huge territorial claim, which includes nearly the entire South China Sea, clashes with territorial claims of China's neighbors in the region, including Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines. Brushing aside these counter-cla