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over Iran. This comes at a time when U.S. relations with China have been tense. Indeed, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta used a recent visit 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

uld Unite Russia and China Against the U.S. Dmitri Trenin Article 4. The Diplomat Could China, Russia Rescue Iran? Meir Javedanfar Article 5. Project Syndicate What Happened to India? Raghuram Rajan Article 6. Chatham House Rio+20 must address the scramble for resources Bernice Lee Anicic I. NYT Ass

he Vietnam War, when the Pentagon tested unmanned aerial vehicles for what the military called ISR: intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. "Vietnam was decisive to the development of drones as the perfect tools to perform dangerous missions without the risk of losing a pilot," says aviation his

Hillel Fradkin and Lewis Libby Article 4. Foreign Affairs Alawites for Assad: Why the Syrian Sect Backs the Regime Leon Goldsmith Article 5. Project Syndicate The Paranoid Style in Chinese Politics Minxin Pei Article 6. Rolling Stone The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret Mi

ything. This was the time of the Criteria Country List—later changed to the National Security Threat List— and I found it incredible that Taiwan and Vietnam, for instance, were on [it], when neither country had conducted activities that remotely approached the Pollard case, and neither had a history of,

. Newsweek Israel Won't Stop Spying on the U.S. Jeff Stein Article 2. The National Interest Why Israel Worries Richard L. Russell Article 3. Project Syndicate The Post-National Mirage Shlomo Ben Ami Article 4. The National (UAE) Saudi Arabia's military exercise was a goodbye wave to America Faisal Al

rowing and eventually eclipsing the World Bank, too. Beijing may even look beyond roads and bridges to address balance-of-payments needs. If you're Vietnam, why go to the IMF and submit to the policy changes and increased transparency its officials demand in exchange for aid? All China asks for is fri

gn Affairs The Czar of Brinkmanship Cynthia A. Roberts Article S. Al Jazeera Is Putin going all the wav in Ukraine? Peter Zalmayev Article 6. Project Syndicate The Techno-Political Transformation Klaus Schwab Article 7. Bloomberg China Buys Friends and Influences Nations William Pesek AlMonitor Hamas

, it is far more likely to intensify. The chance of a military incident involving China and one of its neighbors — be it Japan, the Philippines, or Vietnam — cannot be ignored, and it remains to be seen whether the region's diplomatic circuits can carry the load. New leadership in many of the region's

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: January 15 update Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:15:12 +0000 15 January, 2012 Article 1. Project Syndicate The New Old Year Richard N. Haass Article 2. Spiegel Germany and Israel: A Relationship Full of Misunderstandings Christiane Hoffmann and Rene

a summer of blood David Ignatius June 22 -- "Peace is at hand," Henry Kissinger famously announced in October 1972 after a seeming breakthrough in Vietnam negotiations. But it wasn't at hand. It took three more months to complete the Paris Peace Accords, which collapsed in 1975 when North Vietnam ove

TShirn o n Post 22 June, 2011 Article 1. Article 2. The Washington Post Avoiding a summer of blood David Ignatius Project Syndicate The Middle East's Slow-Motion Revolution Prince El Hassan bin Talal Article 3. Stratfor Turkey's Inevitable Problems With Neighbors Agence Globa

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-claims, China has created a new administrative "prefecture," called "Sansha," with EFTA007

e becomes Turkey's main fallout from Syrian crisis Semih Idiz Article 5. The National Interest The China Challenge Robert W. Merry Article 6. Project Syndicate Eyesight for Israel's Blind Dominique Moisi Article 7. Guardian The abuse of dissenting Jews is shameful Antony Lerman Aflkk I. Foreign Polic