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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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November 29, 2010
China
China’s Call for Six Party Talks: Cynical or Naïve?
China’s response to North Korea’s artillery shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island last week has been relatively rapid compared to the slowness of its response to the sinking last March (it to…
October 30, 2020
Middle East and North Africa
How Erdogan Muscled Turkey to the Center of the World Stage
In the last decade, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has shaped Turkey into a revisionist power that challenges not just its neighbors, but also allies such as France and the United States.
May 24, 2011
China
The Truth about the Three Gorges Dam
A worker clears floating garbage on the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, Hubei province on August 1, 2010. (China Daily Information Group/Courtesy Reuters) It has only taken ninet…
September 13, 2010
China
Chinese Fishing Boat Sets Off Sino-Japanese Conflict
At midnight on Sunday morning, Japan’s new ambassador to Beijing, Uichiro Niwa, was unceremoniously summoned to meet a leading Chinese Communist Party official, State Councillor Dai Bingguo. Counci…
March 9, 2018
Southeast Asia
Vietnam and India Cement an Increasingly Vital Relationship in Southeast Asia
In addition to bolstering strategic ties with the United States, Vietnam is also building a strong strategic relationship with other partners, particularly India, that are skeptical of China’s growin…
