Kathmandu, Nepal: Members of Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan had staged a demonstration against China. “The protest was organised against Chinese expansionism, land encroachment in various parts of the country and unofficial blockade at Rasuwa and Tatopani border points, among others,” Khabarhub reported citing Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan’s Jankapur Coordinator Manish Hindu as […]
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China Censors Information Concerning Female Celebrity’s Liaison With CCP Official: Reports
China’s censors have attempted to keep the Internet away from the prospective marriage between Chinese starlet Tong Liya and one of the China Communist Party’s (CCP) most high ranking propagandists, Shen Haixiong, according to Taiwan News. China has always been known for hosting one of the world’s most restrictive media […]
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Biden’s First Year
Even though allies and partners are now the foreign-policy tool du jour, there’s an important area of continuity between Biden and the former commander in chief he once told to “shut up” on the debate stage. Biden has put together a retrenchment-minded foreign policy that has seen U.S. troops pull […]
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The United States Can’t Afford Another Vague National Security Strategy
Failure to compete in the gray zone erodes deterrence, making the danger of miscalculation or adventurism greater. Just this June came reports indicating China added more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missile silos—around a 140 percent increase. In August, Beijing tested an around-the-world hypersonic missile now being called a fractional orbital […]
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Biden’s Climate Diplomacy Is a Gift to China
In reality, Beijing sees climate diplomacy as just another venue to gain strategic advantages over the United States and its allies. It has learned the West is easily gamed: China can extract concessions and encumber rivals with costly emission restrictions that slow their growth while avoiding similar restrictions on its […]
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10 Conflicts to Watch in 2022
After all, by some measures, war is in retreat. The number of people killed in fighting worldwide has mostly declined since 2014—if you count only those dying directly in combat. According to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, figures through the end of 2020 show battle deaths are down from seven […]
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The Biggest National Security Stories of 2021
Alright, back to more Earthly matters. Here’s what’s on tap for the day: a look back on 2021’s hectic and wild year for the national security world. Plus, keep scrolling down. We’ve got a winter holiday reading list for NatSec wonks. One thing we’re really looking forward to this week: […]