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Bulgaria: Multilayered Positioning: The West’s Asian Coalition

Georgi T. Dimitrov - September 29, 2024. Published in Svobodna Evropa

[T]he question of America’s strength and commitment … is being considered by many politicians from countries allied with the West.

Malaysia: A New Cold War in a Changing World

Matthew McKay - September 13, 2024. Published in Oriental Daily

[T]he Cold War is no longer a battle of values but an undisguised battle of national interests.

Egypt: New Alliances, New Democracies

Robin Koerner - June 18, 2021. Published in Al-Ahram

Philippines: Reef Row: US Plot in Its ‘Re-Pivot’ to Asia

Robin Koerner - April 8, 2021. Published in The Manila Times

India: Primacy for Quad

Robin Koerner - March 8, 2021. Published in The Tribune

Japan: Under Biden, US Goal in Asia Must Be To Balance Chinese Power

Robin Koerner - March 1, 2021. Published in The Mainichi

Biden will rebuild alliances. He will take an adversarial approach to China. So does this mean he will use stronger U.S. alliances to confront China, perhaps by ganging up on China on chosen issues?

China: Once Again, China and the US Take Their Rivalry into the Realm of Ideology

Lalatendu Das - April 17, 2018. Published in South China Morning Post

Taiwan: We Might Be Witnessing the End of the US World Order

Robin Koerner - June 30, 2017. Published in Feng Chuan Mei/ Storm Media Group

The world is returning to its original shape.

Lebanon: China Continues to Undermine the Obama Doctrine, This Time in Syria

Robin Koerner - October 30, 2016. Published in As-Safir

It is not possible to describe the trajectory of China’s rise in recent years as anything but meteoric.

China: We Must Guard against Both ‘Dark’ and ‘Bright’ Tactics from US

Robin Koerner - September 21, 2016. Published in Huanqiu

America has formed a fairly complete electronic warfare system around the Western Pacific region.

China: Xiake Island: Is America’s Lifting of the Arms Embargo on Vietnam Really Not Directed to China? This is a Clear and Blatant Lie.

Robin Koerner - June 5, 2016. Published in The Paper

Without a doubt, a Vietnam that has been the most frequent invader of China’s islands, regardless of the feeling of fear that it has obtained from historical lessons, or even the feeling of crisis in the development of future trends, still insists on being the primary aggressor.

Hong Kong: The US and Vietnam’s Respective Schemes

Robin Koerner - June 3, 2016. Published in Wen Wei Po

America and Vietnam ... each hop[es] the other will play right into their plans for their own benefit.

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