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Rumors of war are a daily occurrence now aren't they? Ever stopped to notice? World's Next War? US Sends Japan Advanced Military Planes Citing Threats From China, North Korea The Air Force sent 14 Super Hercules military planes to western Tokyo Monday...

James Mattis visited Asia this month on his first foreign trip as the new head of the Pentagon. It was less a get-acquainted visit than a damage control tour. His boss, President Donald Trump, had threatened to escalate tensions with China and prevent...

This is a local re-up of a broad predictive overview of East Asian security issues in 2017 published first at the Lowy Institute a few days ago. The standard first line of reviews like this is to bemoan North Korea and China. I do a little of that here...

January 5, 2017 SEJONG, South Korea (Reuters) – China is suspected to be taking indirect action against South Korea’s decision last year to deploy a U.S. anti-missile system, South Korea’s finance minister said. China worries that the U.S. Terminal...

Here is the story of global politics in 2016, told through the mouths of our wise and glorious leaders. 30. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe: “I was dead, and I resurrected, as I always do.” Mugabe is African politics’ great survivor, literally. He...