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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerFebruary 25, 2014
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Defense cuts and the fragile, undefended bubble we now live in

Peace in our time.
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Politics

J.E. DyerJanuary 29, 2014
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Obama brother update: Hamas link, Jewish link

Children of Abraham.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJanuary 22, 2014
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Great news: Russia, China to hold joint naval exercise in the Med

Power projection.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJanuary 13, 2014
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Great news: China preparing to seize Philippines-claimed island

Even more interesting times.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJanuary 7, 2014
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Chinese power move in South China Sea: This is big

Mariners and the specialty mariner press know it’s big. But mariners can’t fix this. It will take national policies to…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJanuary 4, 2014
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Chinese warship arrives off Syria

How many warships does it take to remove chemical weapons from Syria? One more this week than it took last…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 22, 2013
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Shocker: South Sudanese faction that shot at U.S. aircraft supplied by Iran, China

Three U.S. Osprey aircraft were hit by rebel fire in South Sudan on Saturday during an evacuation operation for American…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 14, 2013
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China: Ignoring UNCLOS, ordering a U.S. Navy cruiser to stop

If you were wondering whether it’s bad that the Chinese navy maneuvered aggressively near a U.S. Navy ship last week,…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 3, 2013
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Ukrainians not going quietly into that good night

It was a minor blip on the American radar screen when Ukraine’s president, Viktor Yanukovich, announced on 21 November –…
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Foreign Affairs

T. Kevin WhitemanDecember 2, 2013
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Getting China’s attention: A nuclear-armed Japan and S. Korea

As China rattles sabers over its newly claimed airspace in the East China Sea directly over Japanese sovereign soil, as…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 2, 2013
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U.S. airlines expected to comply with Chinese ADIZ rules

According to the State Department, the United States expects our airline carriers will comply with the ADIZ rules laid out…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerNovember 30, 2013
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Iranian navy takes another big step outward

A couple of years ago, the Iranian navy announced it had deployed a submarine to the Red Sea as part…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerNovember 29, 2013
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Bad tidings of sea and air space challenges

“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.” — Ronald Reagan It made the…
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Foreign Affairs

T. Kevin WhitemanNovember 1, 2013
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Chinese subs now can launch nuclear missiles at most of U.S.

The third leg in China’s nuclear weapons triad has finally been achieved by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and uneasily…
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Economy

J.E. DyerOctober 4, 2013
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Strange but true in the Far East

Now and then, it’s good to check in with the other side of the world. U.S. cabinet secretaries John Kerry…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerSeptember 26, 2013
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Russian navy promises ‘support’ to Nicaragua

… and other news from the brave new world In case you were wondering: no, the former-Soviet navy didn’t use…
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Education

Howard PortnoySeptember 9, 2013
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China considers banning homework to relieve stress of elementary school

Don’t let your little ones get wind of this lest they start pestering you to move to a Communist (OK, more Communist)…
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Economy

J.E. DyerSeptember 5, 2013
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Syria: Update on maritime matters

In a destabilizing region, the hits will come from all sides. Egyptian authorities are confirming reports that terrorists with RPGs…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerAugust 24, 2013
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Obama on Syria: Low-quality 'jaw-jaw'

It being the silly season in Washington, there had to be a rumor of war. Well, a rumor of a…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJuly 2, 2013
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Egyptian crisis: It’s the 'holy war,' stupid

It took a couple of weeks for the crisis to come to a head. But the origins of the Morsi…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJune 16, 2013
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Rohani: A 'moderate' game-changer?

A reader at The Optimistic Conservative pointed out that the media outlets hailing the election of Hassan Rohani, a so-called…
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Foreign Affairs

Mike DeVineJune 14, 2013
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Democrat Fools on al Qaeda's Syrian Hill

Bill Clinton says jump and Commander-in-Chief Barack Obama’s administration asks how high? Clinton told Sen. John McCain he agrees that Obama should…
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Law and Government

Mike DeVineJune 14, 2013
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Letter from non-Birmingham Red China jail proves Snowden no MLK

Defining civil disobedience down Getting tired of lesbians, bisexuals, gays, transgendereds, pro-abortion choicers, Sandra Fluke anti-conceptionists, and now Espionage Act-violating…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMay 5, 2013
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China’s state-owned newspaper suppressing jokes in re its phallic new headquarters

Move over, Georgia O’Keeffe. A new work of architecture is currently being — er … erected in Beijing that will dwarf…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerApril 4, 2013
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Wrong, hackneyed, overworked: Beyond the usual analysis of “China and North Korea”

Is there any piece of received wisdom more universally invoked than the inane piety that China wants to calm North…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerMarch 20, 2013
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The Shakiest Nukes in the West

“Listen up, yo: I’m deterring you now” In case everyone in Northeast Asia missed it, in spite of their intelligence…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerFebruary 17, 2013
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Russian bombers do Guam

The Washington Free Beacon reports that the Russian Tu-95 “Bear” bomber aircraft operated near Guam on 12 February, a few…
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Foreign Affairs

Fausta WertzJanuary 4, 2013
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Cuban regime orchestrating Venezuelan transition

The power struggles in Venezuela are on, and Raul Castro and his cronies are stepping in: Today’s Nuevo Herald reports…
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