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onal Cooperation,' write, "A chemical weapons confrontation is escalating in Syria, after an international watchdog agency concluded this month that Damascus used chemical weapons, lied to investigators and violated its commitment to dismantle its chemical weapons arsenal. Syria has 90 days to respond or

b than when you came into office.'" Menendez also "said that for all of Pompeo's `bluster against China,' it has not stopped Beijing's `march in the South China Sea' or its `suppressing and oppressing its own people' in Hong Kong." Politico (7/30, Toosi, 4.29M) reports that in his Senate testimony, Pompeo "

's rise is stirring concerns in some neighboring countries and in the wider international community that the fall of the minority Alawite regime in Damascus would be followed by the ascent of a Sunni Islamist government, extending into a volatile region a trend set in Egypt and Tunisia. In those countri

es. China's determination to control its offshore hydrocarbon reserves has pushed it into conflict with other countries with offshore claims in the South China Sea and into a similar dispute with Japan in the East China Sea. Energy- related disputes of this sort can also be found in the Caspian Sea and in

of sanctions and warmongering. To be sure, the earlier sensible effort to have friendly relations with Syria backfired, but not until the regime in Damascus started the massive shooting of its citizens and refused to meet the demands of its people for far reaching reforms. Arguably, the same reversal of

S. government. Artick 6. The Diplomat Beijing's South China Sea Gamble Will Rogers February 4, 2012 -- Beijing seems to be doubling down in the South China Sea. Why? In large part it's to secure access to potential deep sea hydrocarbons like oil and natural gas — many describe the South China Sea as t

onal Cooperation,' write, "A chemical weapons confrontation is escalating in Syria, after an international watchdog agency concluded this month that Damascus used chemical weapons, lied to investigators and violated its commitment to dismantle its chemical weapons arsenal. Syria has 90 days to respond or

mb than when you came into office.' Menendez also "said that for all of Pompeo's `bluster against China,' it has not stopped Beijing's `march in the South China Sea' or its `suppressing and oppressing its own people' in Hong Kong." Politico (7/30, Toosi, 4.29M) reports that in his Senate testimony, Pompeo "