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Jake Werner

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Asia-Pacific

Yellen visits China amid worst economic tension in decades

Each side is blaming their own insecurity on the other and pursuing increasingly militarized efforts to fix it.

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Asia-Pacific

What Biden means when he says we're fighting 'global battle for democracy'

Knowing the true intent behind this slogan is key to understanding why it is so powerful among US leaders — and so dangerous abroad.

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Asia-Pacific

Washington inflates the China balloon threat

The meltdown in DC risks turning into a self-fulfilling prophecy: Routine inter-state relations becoming a full-blown crisis.

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Asia-Pacific

US snub of Chinese envoy could boomerang now that he’s a big wheel — or not

Beijing seems to be in no shape to hold grudges, so we should move on too and let more diplomatic heads prevail.

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Asia-Pacific

What Congress gets wrong about China’s Belt and Road Initiative

The Strategic Competition Act making its way through the senate falsely paints the BRI as a nefarious economic tool meant to bludgeon American primacy.