Bigger role, fewer options: how Yemen’s crisis is testing China

In the Gulf, the In the Gulf, is still the dominant power, but Beijing is being urged to do more. Naval exercises, antenna construction, and Chinese-made missiles suggest that may already be happening

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Is Japan Becoming a Country of Immigration?

[caption id="attachment_55257265" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A tourist in front of Tokyo's Imperial Palace, November 2016. (Reuters)[/caption] By Yunchen Tian, Erin Aeran Chung As the only…

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How to Save U.S.-Turkish Relations

[caption id="attachment_55257216" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) meets with US President Donald Trump (R) as part of his bilateral meetings, at the Lotte…

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The Liberal Order Is More Than a Myth

[caption id="attachment_55257213" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Flags outside the United Nations (UN) Office as the fourth round of the intra-Syrian talks begin in Geneva, Switzerland on February…

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Is a Storm Brewing in the Taiwan Strait?

[caption id="attachment_55257207" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inspects a military exercise at Penghu Islands on May 25, 2017 in Penghu, Taiwan. (Getty Images)[…

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Macron's Reformist Victory

[caption id="attachment_55257129" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Employees of French state-owned railway transport company SNCF join a demonstration called by nine pensioner unions on June 14, 2018…

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