Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 28, 2019

Photo: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is shoring up support with Pacific allies. (Supplied: Office of the President of Taiwan)

Stephen Dziedzic, ABC News Online: Taiwan urges Australia, US and Japan to unite to push back against China in the Pacific

Taiwan's President has urged Australia, the United States and Japan to join with her country in a "values-based partnership" to push back against growing Chinese influence in the Pacific.

Six of Taipei's remaining allies lie in the Pacific, and Beijing has been intent on poaching them as it intensifies efforts to isolate Taiwan, which it sees as a mutinous province.

President Tsai Ing-wen issued her call on the last day of a Pacific trip designed to shore up its relations with three of those nations — Palau, Nauru and Marshall Islands.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 28, 2019

U.S. and China: Who Is Bigger and When -- Derek Scissors, American Enterprise Institute

China’s Massive Belt and Road Initiative -- Andrew Chatzky and James McBride, Council on Foreign Relations

#Modi2Moon: What's up with India's space ambitions? -- Zulfikar Abbany, DW

US watchdog: Peace with Taliban won’t resolve Afghan crises -- Rahim Faiez, AP

China debt trap fears shake the Philippines -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times

The Turkish Local Elections Offer a Glimpse of the Future -- Kemal Kirisci, National Interest

Ethiopia: Africa’s next powerhouse? -- Witney Schneidman, Brookings

As U.S. Tightens Iran Sanctions, Tehran's Allies Feel the Pain -- Ben Hubbard, NYT

The protests Hamas don’t want you to see -- Joshua S. Block, Times of Israel

Russia Is Not Going to Attack Scandinavia -- Jyri Raitasalo, Foreign Policy

What’s at stake in Ukraine’s presidential election -- AP

Why Ukrainians want to elect a comedian as president -- Katya Gorchinskaya, Al Jazeera

What Ukraine’s comedian presidential candidate can tell us about the future of post-truth politics -- Oliver Carroll, The Independent

Want to know what’s next in Russian election interference? Pay attention to Ukraine’s elections -- Alina Polyakova, Brookings

How the Media Got it Wrong on Trump and Russia -- Hunter DeRensis, National Interest