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No War with Russia? Don't Be Too Sure.
There is still a real risk that crisis will metastasize into conflict.
Russia's Military Begins Massive Nuclear War Drill
On Thursday, 10,000 Russian troops began a drill simulating the massive use of nuclear missiles.
Russia Launches Nuclear-War Drill, Saying It Was Long Scheduled | Analysis | NTI
China's People's Liberation Army told to learn from Japan's 1894 victory |
PLA commanders should study the Qing dynasty's humiliating defeat to imperial Japan, a push seen by analysts as a warning against corruption in today's military, the leading military newspaper says.
Would America Go to War with Russia?
The administration struggles to reassure Eastern European allies that it won't sell them out to Russia.
Phl-China row antics hint at warlike drift
BY FORCE: Is physical occupation backed by military force the only option left in resolving territorial disputes between the Philippines and China in their common waters? by Federico D. Pascual Jr.
The Guns of August in the East China Sea
Dark echoes of world war lurk in Asia's dangerous, contested waters.
China ‘salami-slicing’ toward unification, Glaser says - Taipei Times
A US congressional commission has been told that China is “seeking to advance” its sovereignty claim over Taiwan.
China in danger of financial crisis
A leading Asian investment bank has warned that a new financial crisis is emerging in China, as debt levels rise to unsustainable levels.
Obama Has Plans to Cut U.S. Nuclear Arsenal, if Russia Reciprocates
In a speech in Berlin on Wednesday, President Obama will resume a drive toward disarmament that had been largely shunted aside.
Does cutting U.S. nukes really matter? - CNNPolitics
As President Obama proposes deep cuts in U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons arsenals, Pentagon war planners work to make these weapons more accurate and deadly.
Welcome to Cold War II
Did Washington just give Israel the green light for a future attack on Iran via an arms deal? Did Russia just signal its further support for Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime via an arms deal? Are...
The emergence of a new cold war – China and Russia against USA?
Last June, Russian President Vladimir Putin chose Beijing as the first destination of his visit abroad after he was reelected Russian president. He made the choice to show the importance he attache…
Indecision Time for Putin as Russia Drifts Toward Stagnant Authoritarianism
Russia’s departure from quasi-democracy is beyond doubt, but it drifts rather than marches toward a debilitated and corrupt authoritarianism as Vladimir Putin’s third presidency settles into a tedious pattern. The discourse of “modernization” has been discarded and most of Dmitry Medvedev’s “innovations” have been cancelled, but Putin’s meeting with the activists of Popular Front, which was supposed to keep his …