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Handout file photo dated February 15, 2020 of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) conducts normal underway operations transiting in the Taiwan Strait. Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since US-China tensions spiked this month over a visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were on Sunday making the voyage "through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law," the US 7th Fleet in Japan said in a statement. It said the transit was "ongoing" and that there had been "no interference from foreign military forces so far." U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gregory N. Juday via ABACAPRESS.COM

A Taiwan perspective on what is at stake after Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

Monday, September 26, 2022

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks next to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sandra Oudkirk during a meeting at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan August 3, 2022. Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Beyond Pelosi’s Taiwan visit: Uncertainties about cross-Strait stability

Ryan Hass and S. Philip Hsu

Monday, August 22, 2022

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday August 3, 2022, marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China's threats of retaliation over the visit. During the meeting with the president of the self-ruled island, Tsai presented Pelosi with a medal. Pelosi's stop in Taipei became the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China. Her trip comes at a low point in U.S.-China relations and despite warnings from Beijing, threatening the Chinese military never sit idly by if she made the trip.

What is Taiwan’s plan to protect itself against Chinese pressure?

Friday, August 19, 2022

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol waves a national flag during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, at the presidential office square in Seoul, South Korea, August 15, 2022. Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS

Can South Korea chart a path between the US and China in the Indo-Pacific?

Monday, August 15, 2022

Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen in this illustration, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Implications for Taiwan of the divergence in narratives on China’s future

Monday, August 8, 2022

Installations used by Chinese excavators and engineers are seen at a copper mine in Mes Aynak, Logar province February 14, 2015. China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul's struggles to support itself as foreign aid dries up. The copper, lying beneath the ancient Buddhist ruins of Mes Aynak, is one of the world's largest untapped deposits. But the project has been mired in delays since state-run China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) won the contract to develop it in 2007. Resurgent Taliban insurgents have tightened control over the area around Aynak, and after threats, rocket attacks and the risk of land mines, MCC withdrew its Chinese workers from the heavily guarded copper camp last year. And then there are the Buddhist ruins. Archeological work to preserve treasures from the crumbling monastries and stupas is dangerous and slow, and must be finished before mining can begin. Picture taken on February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Chinese investment in Afghanistan’s lithium sector: A long shot in the short term

Lilly Blumenthal, Caitlin Purdy, and Victoria Bassetti

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier

Navigating great power competition – A serious planning start

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

European Parliament delegation led by French MEP Raphael Glucksmann meets with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, Taiwan, on Thursday November 4, 2021 for a historical visit amid China concerns. The seven-member EU delegation is in Taiwan to discuss the self-ruled islands experience in fighting disinformation and foreign interference in its democracy, media, culture and education. The legislators visit comes amid concerns in the European Union over alleged attempts by China to influence European politics and sow misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.

How COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine could change EU-Taiwan relations

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Slow Global Growth

How sharp will be the global slowdown?

Justin Damien Guénette

Friday, July 1, 2022

Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic (R) listens to NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark (L) during talks in Belgrade late January 19. General Clark held crisis talks with Milosevic on Tuesday but made no progress of softening its policy on Kosovo, diplomatic sources said. Clark said the visit to Belgrade to see Milosevic was not a failure and that the meeting accomplished what it set out to do.PEK/

America’s real deterrence problem

Melanie W. Sisson

Wednesday, June 15, 2022