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Indonesia: Natuna Base Tasked with Warding off South China Sea Threats
2018-12-18 Email story Comment on this story Share Share Comment Email Indonesian troops attend the inauguration ceremony for the Natuna TNI Integrated Unit in Riau Islands province, Dec. 18, 2018. The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) commander on Tuesday inaugurated a military unit in the Natuna islands near the South China Sea that will be tasked […]
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Beijing’s South China Sea grab
MANILA – It has been just five years since China initiated its major land reclamation in the South China Sea, and the country has already shifted the territorial status quo in its favor — without facing any international pushback. The anniversary of the start of its island building underscores the transformed geopolitics in a corridor […]
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Potential armed conflict in South China Sea among top US concerns in 2019
MANILA, Philippines—A possible armed confrontation over the disputed maritime areas in the South China Sea is on the top list of security threats concerning the United States in the coming year, according to an annual survey of US foreign policy experts. An assessment conducted by the Center for Preventive Action of the Council on Foreign […]
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Conflict in South China Sea among top concerns of US policy experts — study
MANILA, Philippines — Although geographically far from the United States, an armed conflict in the politically volatile South China Sea is among the top concerns of US foreign policy experts for 2019, according to a study by the Council for Foreign Relations’ (CFR) Center for Preventative Action published on Tuesday. The survey evaluates ongoing and […]
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U.S. Confrontations With Iran and China Among Top Potential Conflicts in 2019, According to CFR Survey
December 17, 2018—The possibility of conflict between the United States and Iran as well as between the United States and China constitute two of the greatest threats to peace in 2019 and warrant heightened focus from policymakers, according to the Council on Foreign Relations’ (CFR) eleventh annual Preventive Priorities Survey, which identifies nine top conflict […]
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America, China and the art of confrontation
Tell me how this ends? was the despairing question attributed to American generals as they contemplated the quagmires in Vietnam and Iraq. The same question needs to be asked by US policymakers now, as they consider the escalating tensions between America and China. The world’s two most powerful countries are locked into confrontations on a […]
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Would the US Really Lose a War With China and Russia?
A new study offers little evidence for its bold generalizations that the U.S. is losing its ability to win a state-vs-state war. One of the first things one learns as an infantry platoon leader is that he who tries to secure everything with his soldiers on the battlefield usually ends up securing nothing. Unfortunately for […]
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China and Russia are working together to HEAT the atmosphere to cut off satellite communication in terrifying wargame experiment
China and Russia have joined forces and are going ahead with controversial plans to heat and alter the Earth’s atmosphere. This project, experts claim, has potential military applications as it can disrupt satellite communication, a distinct advantage in the event of war or espionage. Charged particles, known as ions, create a reflective layer over a […]
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China, Russia reveal secret test to ‘heat’ atmosphere and jam signals such as GPS
No GPS? No satellite TV? No radar? Russia and China say they have found ways to boost their own signals — and jam others. Northern European nations have this year been complaining of unexplained ‘outages’ of vital GPS systems. Now we know it was actually a secret experiment with the Chinese to modify the Earth’s […]
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Defiant Xi Jinping Says No One Can Dictate Reforms to China
President Xi Jinping said China would stick to its policy agenda, despite pressure from the U.S. and others to allow more competition in its economic system. Xi told an audience of party officials, military leaders and entrepreneurs in a speech Tuesday that “no one is in the position to dictate to the Chinese people what […]