EA: What a strange new era it is. But it sounds like some things don’t change: a fact-finding trip to Eastern Europe that finds regional governments are concerned about the threat from Russia. Is there anything new here, or is it just the same old arguments about U.S. presence, NATO […]
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China Is Hedging Its Bets in Myanmar
During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s 2020 visit to Naypyidaw , the NLD government and China signed 33 memorandums of understanding to advance the oft-stalled CMEC. Western sanctions and condemnation of Myanmar’s human rights violations against the Rohingya further drove Aung San Suu Kyi’s party into Beijing’s orbit. China-NLD ties thus […]
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Suga’s Rivals Are Scrambling to Succeed Him
While the notoriously uncharismatic Suga will be little missed at some levels, his departure raises the specter of a return to the era of the revolving door leader, a model of short-termers of little distinction that was blown apart by the record eight years in office for his predecessor Shinzo […]