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Xi’s big bet helps explain the Australian submarine deal (Frederick Kempe, Atlantic Council)

Chinese President Xi Jinping is making the most audacious geopolitical bet of the twenty-first century. A head-spinning series of seemingly disparate moves over recent months...

South Caucasus States Keen to Cash in on China’s, India’s Transportation Expansion (Aslan Doukaev, The Jamestown Foundation)

With the emergence of China and other manufacturing powerhouses in Asia that constantly seek access to new markets, the Caucasus has become attractive as...

Amidst Zapad 2021 Exercise, Russia and Belarus Establish Joint Air-Defense and Air Force Training and Combat Center (Arseny Sivitsky, The Jamestown Foundation)

While Russia and Belarus made final preparations to kick off their quadrennial joint strategic-operational exercise Zapad 2021, the two countries’ air-defense and air force...

Fake Elections and Russia’s Belligerent Foreign Policy (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

The outcome of Russia’s crudely manipulated parliamentary elections on September 17–19 was never in question: the Kremlin executed extra-rigid control over the campaigning and...

A Rahm Emanuel is Exactly What Japan Wants, Asia Scholars Say (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

Former White House Chief of Staff and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel visits WSJ at Large with Gerry Baker at Fox Business Network studios on...

AUKUS Is the Death Knell of Australia’s Strategic Ambiguity (James Curran, Defense One)

Following last week’s inauguration of the AUKUS defense partnership, which will see Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines drawing on British and U.S. technology, few could...

Biden to Pitch Partnership at UN, Amid Tension With France and Other Allies (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

President Joe Biden will tout the importance of diplomacy and alliances in front of the United Nations on Tuesday at the same time his...

US Air Force Developing Combat Tanker-Airlifter that Can Land on Water (Tara Copp, Defense One)

A rendering of a twin float amphibious modification to an MC-130J Commando II. COURTESY PHOTO The U.S. Air Force is working on detachable pontoons and other...

Indonesian VAT reform should level the playing field for women (Citra Handayani Nasruddin, East Asia Forum)

The Indonesian government and the House of Representatives have been discussing a multi-tariff value-added tax (VAT) scheme as part of a proposed overhaul of...

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