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

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.

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Asia-Pacific

Failure of US North Korea policy is a bipartisan affair

A new book analyzes the many 'hinge points,' particularly during the Obama years, that could have produced better outcomes.

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Africa

Hell in the shadows: Congo and the ultimate endless war of all time

Jason Stearns argues why war here has become self-perpetuating, as 120 armed groups feed off each other and millions have died.

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Middle East

What US policymakers don't get about the Iranian people

According to author Assal Rad, identity has been shaped by opposition to government — and to foreign interference and control.

Walter Russell Mead and the 'Vulcan' straw man
Middle East

Walter Russell Mead and the 'Vulcan' straw man

In his new book, the author and scholar dismisses the idea of an Israel lobby, but then fails to address evidence to the contrary.

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Washington Politics

Grover Cleveland: One of the great anti-imperialist presidents

He kept his country at peace and opposed unjust land grabs, and should be remembered as a successful foreign policy POTUS.