Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 26, 218

The US and China are plainly entering into a period of significant geopolitical rivalry. (Reuters: Carlos Barria)

Nick Bisley, ABC News Online: The risks of a new Cold War between the US and China are real. Here's why

Donald Trump is making good on his trade war rhetoric with China, announcing tariffs on a further US$200 billion worth of goods from the PRC. As China promises retaliation, the warmth of the Mar-a-Lago summit of April 2017 are a thing of the past.

When this is added to the wide-ranging tensions such as the disputes over barely habitable rocks in the East China Sea, tensions over the competing claims in the South China Sea, and the spectre of nuclear catastrophe on the Korean Peninsula, the sense of geopolitical risk is as palpable as it is frightening.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 26, 218

Donald Trump's speech to the UN General Assembly is no laughing matter -- John Barron, ABC News Online

Has Syria become Putin’s political juggernaut? -- Matthew Bodner, Defense News

Will supply of S-300 to Syria harm Russia-Israel ties? -- Farah Najjar, Aljazeera

Russia puts deep roots in Syria, warns West against meddling -- Angela Charlton, AP

Small question, big consequences: Is N. Korea a nuke power? -- Foster Klug, AP

Outrage at corruption, rights abuses tipped Maldives election -- Zaheena Rasheed, Al Jazeera

Why China turned down a Hong Kong port call for a US Navy ship -- Christopher Bodeen, The Associated Press

China’s 'Divide and Conquer’ Charm Offensive -- Jeremy Huai-Che Chiang & Alan Hao Yang, The Interpreter

Bobi Wine: The changing face of Ugandan politics -- Ineke Mules, DW

Kivu, the forgotten war in the heart of Africa -- AFP

Angola: The fall of the dos Santos clan -- Antonio Cascais, DW

What Is the Purpose of U.S. Sanctions on Russia? -- John Dale Grover, RCD

Germany: The gap between east and west is narrowing, but not fast enough -- David Martin, DW

Venezuela’s Maduro making surprise UN trip as pressure grows -- Jonathan Lemire and Scott Smith, AP

Fighting and Winning in the Information Age -- Edwin Chua, The Bridge