lash, China has continued to press and provoke. This year alone, Beijing has J13]heightened the stakes [13] in a dangerous standoff with Tokyo over the Senkaku Islands, and Chinese EFTA_R1_00441207 EFTA01964459 patrols have114]repeatedly strayed across the line of control [14] in areas disputed with India. Whil

t act, he says, there is a "risk of letting major crises fester on their own". The truth of that proposition is currently on display from Syria to the Senkaku Islands to the Central African Republic. Who EFTA_R1_02211217 EFTA02724390 knows — it is a thought that might even disturb a few dinners at Davos. Gide