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Can the US compete with China's Belt & Road Initiative?

The US is key to an ambitious new plan connecting India, the Middle East, and Europe.

Can a spiny echidna help Australia avoid cold war with China?
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Can a spiny echidna help Australia avoid cold war with China?

A new book by Sam Roggeveen offers a different path for Canberra as it deals with Beijing’s rise.

US flouts international law with Pacific military claims
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US flouts international law with Pacific military claims

Officials argue that Washington has the authority to block enemy navies from an area 'nearly as large as the continental United States.'

Rahm Emmanuel in Japan, goes rogue on China
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Rahm Emmanuel in Japan, goes rogue on China

As one White House official put it, his trolling is “not in keeping with the message coming out of this building.”

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Is ASEAN the Indo-Pacific's ultimate power broker?

Washington hasn’t taken it seriously in decades, but it deserves a lot more attention

Great power rivalry shakes up Pacific Island nation
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Great power rivalry shakes up Pacific Island nation

A security agreement with Australia, and intensifying US-China tensions, recently roiled internal politics in Vanuatu.