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As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero
Asia-Pacific

As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero

If Beijing doesn't care about the wretched human toll, it should at least realize that continuing to fuel the murderous regime is undermining its own interests

Myanmar and South China Sea crises test ASEAN's mettle
Asia-Pacific

Myanmar and South China Sea crises test ASEAN's mettle

The 10-member southeast Asian union has little power to confront the junta or Beijing’s increasingly aggressive military posture.

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Asia-Pacific

A bloody stalemate one year after Mynamar coup tests our restraint

The international community may feel impotent, but there is a lot it can do to help — and Washington doesn't have to lead to get it done.

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Asia-Pacific

Resisting calls for using force to save the people of Myanmar

The once vaunted 'responsibility to protect' doctrine faded away after the Libyan intervention. There's a reason for that.

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Washington Politics

In major address Biden says 'America is back.' But what does that mean?

Aside from big news on Yemen, this turned out to be more of a pep talk, making what sounded like a vigorous case for the pre-Trump status quo.

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Europe

What Putin nemesis Alexei Navalny is, and what he is not

Americans tend to lionize — and Westernize — political dissidents, unaware that they may not be who we think they are.