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November 3, 2011

China
China Games the G20, but to What End?

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes China's President Hu Jintao at the G20 venue where world leaders gather in Cannes on November 2, 2011. (Yves Herman / Courtesy of Reuters) One of the big …

France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes China’s President Hu Jintao at the G20 venue where world leaders gather in Cannes on November 2, 2011.

March 22, 2012

China
China’s Twitter War

Over the last week, supporters of Tibet, and the merely curious, have seen information warfare up close. On Twitter, several hundred bots (automated programs that generate content) flooded discussion…

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November 2, 2012

China
Review: ’A Contest for Supremacy’ by Aaron Friedberg

In the spring of 2010, after years of relative quiet in the South China Sea —the strategic body of water separating southeastern China from Southeast Asia, and including regions disputed by at least …

In ‘A Contest for Supremacy,’ Aaron Friedberg portrays the United States and China as almost fated to wind up in conflict, and suggests Beijing is already lapping Washington in preparing for such a fight (Aly Song/Courtesy Reuters).

January 28, 2011

Myanmar
Suu Kyi in the New Yorker

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the crowd during a ceremony to mark the country's 63rd Independence Day at the National League for Democracy (NLD) head office in Yangon Janu…

Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses crowd during a ceremony to mark 63rd Independence Day at NLD head office in Yangon

July 22, 2011

Diplomacy and International Institutions
The World Next Week: Debt and Diplomacy

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Indonesia on July 21, 2011. (Ho New/courtesy Reuters) The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon is taking a well-deserved vacation this week. So I …

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Indonesia on July 21, 2011.