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East Asia
Will the US Pivot Trigger a New Regional Arms Race?
*Author, Richard A. Bitzinger is Senior Fellow with the Military Transformations Program at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Formerly with the RAND Corp. and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, he has been writing on Asian defense and military issues for more…
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Chinese envoy backs Park’s NK approach
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun said Friday he supported President-elect Park Geun-hye’s “trust building” approach to Pyongyang, calling it a “very good idea.” “The chronic disease with regard to issues of the Korean Peninsula is a lack of trust,” Zhang said during a forum for businesspeople. “When you are…
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East Asia
With the people
What is a good slogan for the new government to be led by Park Geun-hye, who will be inaugurated as president on Feb. 25? I suggest that it should be “With the people” in English and in Korean “국민과 같이.” The suggestion comes from my interest in Abraham Lincoln, the…
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East Asia
Overbalancing: The Folly of Trying to Contain China
*Author, Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. As the US reorients its foreign policy toward Asia, with the attendant redeployment of military assets to the region, fears are spreading that the American pivot is really aimed at containing the rise of China. Former Australian Prime…
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South Asia
Senior Officials Of BRICS Countries Meet To Discuss Security Issues In New Delhi
Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo (3rd L) meets with Dr.S Cwele, Minister of State Security of South Africa, in New Delhi,India,Jan 10, 2013. Senior officials of the BRICS countries met in New Delhi Thursday for the Third Meeting of BRICS High Representatives for Security Issues. (L-R) Brazil National Security Advisor,…
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East Asia
Liu Yunshan Talks With Head Of Portuguese Socialist Party In Beijing
Liu Yunshan (R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, shakes hands with Maria de Belem Roseira, president of the Socialist Party of Portugal, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 10, 2013. Liu Yunshan (2nd R), a member…
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East Asia
South Korea-Japan Vice-Ministerial Strategic Dialogue Held In Tokyo
Japan’s Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai (C, right) meets with the First Vice Foreign Minister of South Korea Ahn Ho-young (C, left) during the 12th Japan-South Korea Vice-Ministerial Strategic Dialogue in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 10, 2013. <Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki>
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West Asia
President Morsi Meets With Iranian And Egyptian FMs In Cairo
In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, center, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. <AP/NEWSis>
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West Asia
Palestinian President Gets Together With Saudi Amb. To Egypt In Cairo
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador in Egypt Ahmed al-Qattan, in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan. 9, 2013. <Xinhua/POOL>
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East Asia
Xi Jinping Gets Together With Russian Security Council Secretary In Beijing
Xi Jinping (R), general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 8, 2013. <Xinhua/Lan Hongguang>
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