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NATO Strategic Concept underlines China concerns

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CHINA

This text declares that China’s "stated ambitions and coercive policies challenge our interests, security and values", and that China "strives to subvert the rules-based…

ASEAN will proclaim limited trade progress at summit

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ASEAN

The meeting comes against the backdrop of a diplomatic spat between Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore over Vietnam’s 1978 military incursion into Cambodia. South-east Asian leaders…

Doctors’ strike may spell crisis for Seoul

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SOUTH KOREA

President Yoon Suk-yeol’s administration aims to remedy a chronic shortage of doctors in South Korea. Public opinion is firmly behind Yoon, but the KMA has enjoyed past success in…

Trump trade bluster will alienate US allies in Asia

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US/ASIA

Even without Trump's scheduled participation in the East Asia Summit (EAS) in the Philippines -- he left Manila just before the meeting began -- he made his foreign policy…

ASEAN summit will make little progress except on trade

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ASEAN

South-east Asian leaders will discuss the South China Sea dispute, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and regional trade. ASEAN’s eight dialogue partners, including the United States…

Prospects for US foreign policy to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for US foreign policy to end-2017.

Next US president will confront nuclear disorder

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US/INT

As Barack Obama eyes the January 2017 presidential transition, Washington's decades-long goal of a stable global nuclear order appears to be under threat from multiple quarters…

Washington will get tougher with China in Asia

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US/ASEAN

The informal dialogue normally acts as a pressure valve for major powers in the Asia-Pacific, but this meeting perhaps unintentionally worsened US-China trade and security…

Laos's 2016 ASEAN chairmanship will be challenging

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ASEAN

Outlook for Laos's 2016 chairmanship of ASEAN.