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Iran war could cripple the 'Yuxi Circle' or 55% of world population
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Iran war could cripple the 'Yuxi Circle' or 55% of world population

This includes the Indian subcontinent, China, Japan, the Koreas, and all the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at White House Trump
Asia-Pacific

If surviving Trump meeting was goal, Takaichi leaves DC a winner

The Japanese prime minister didn't get what she wanted regarding Chinese security assurances, but nor was she talked into joining Iran war

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US-China symposium: Spheres of influence for me, not for thee?

The administration is asserting its security imperative in the Western Hemisphere but what happens when American interests collide with China's 'near abroad'? We asked 14 experts.

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Taiwan shouldn't become the thorn we use to provoke China

There is a reason US strategic ambiguity has worked for 40 years

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Asia-Pacific

South Korea isn't crazy about US-led anti-China bloc

Leaders there, and the public, remain deeply wary of supporting American military operations beyond the peninsula — especially over Taiwan

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
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Takaichi 101: How to torpedo relations with China in a month

The brand new Japanese prime minister set off a firestorm by implying war with China if Beijing attacked Taiwan