Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 11, 2020

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Graham Allison, National Interest: Could Donald Trump’s War Against Huawei Trigger a Real War With China?

As relations between the United States and China worsen over the months ahead, could Beijing decide to try to make Taiwan the solution to its advanced semiconductor problem?

The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s “tech war” with China is the campaign to prevent its national champion Huawei from becoming the dominant supplier of 5G systems to the world. The Administration’s objective, as a former Trump NSC staffer described it, is to “kill Huawei.” And China has heard that message. As Huawei’s legendary CEO Ren Zhengfei told the leadership of the company in February, “the company has entered a state of war.”

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 11, 2020

The Shape of Asia’s New Cold War -- Yoon Young-Kwan, Project Syndicate

How Not to Blunder Into a Nuclear War -- William Hartung, Forbes

Mike Pompeo’s appearance with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong certain to anger China -- Stuart Lau, SCMP

Hong Kong: City of two masks faces a new crisis -- Grace Tsoi, BBC

Extent of Iran’s nuclear progress laid bare -- Dr. Majid Rafizadeh, Arab News

Iran Isn’t Trying to Make Weapons-Grade Plutonium At Reactor Targeted By Trump: IAEA -- Matthew Petti, National Interest

Coronavirus: Has a second wave of infections hit Iran? -- Zulfiqar Ali, BBC

Covid-19 and a presidential election have done to Iran what the Trump administration couldn't -- Bonnie Kristian, Defense Priorities

A Moment of Truth for U.S.-Iraq Relations. -- John Hannah, RCD

How realistic is India's 'Made in China' boycott campaign? -- Charu Kartikeya, DW

Rising hunger threatens famines as coronavirus crashes economies, leaves crops to rot in fields -- Ajit Niranjan, DW

One Cheer for Trump’s Troop Withdrawal From Germany -- Ivan Eland, TAC

Cutting Troops to Germany Is an Act of Harm -- Michael O'Hanlon, The Hill

Is Trump in trouble for stance on US race relations? -- Anthony Zurcher, BBC

An Unraveling of the Group of Seven -- Jayant Prasad, The Hindu