Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 13, 2020

Two PLA Air Force J-11 fighters and a H-6K bomber patrol airspace between mainland China and Taiwan. Photo: Xinhua 


Hong Kong, October 13 (ANI): Taiwan has always been the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) highest strategic priority, yet Beijing has felt the need to deepen its coercion against the island nation. Indeed, a number of commentators are claiming the threat of a Chinese invasion, or military action of some kind, is higher now than it ever has been. 

The ongoing border clashes along the Sino-Indian border in Eastern Ladakh represent a sideshow for the People's Liberation Army's (PLA), for the posture of China's military is directed primarily against Taiwan and the threat of a US intervention on Taipei's behalf. Back in March, Enodo Economics, a macroeconomic and political forecasting company, assessed the probability of a conflict between China and the USA over Taiwan was 45 per cent sometime in 2020-22. 

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 Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 13, 2020 



Kyrgyzstan's Latest Revolution -- Djoomart Otorbaev, Project Syndicate 

Chaos Again in Kyrgyzstan: What’s Next? -- N. Tucker & A. Cohen, Atlantic Council 

The obstacles to Sudan’s landmark peace deal -- Yaseen Mohmad Abdalla, African Arguments

Nagorno-Karabakh: Turkey Instigates An Old War With Older Ambitions -- Pietro Shakarian and Artyom Tonoyan, National Interest 


Erdogan defiance of Putin bodes a bloody October -- Richard Giragosian, Asia Times 


The Split in Putin's Regime -- Tatiana Stanovaya, Riddle 

Fear and loathing (of Donald Trump) in the EU -- David M. Herszenhorn, Politico 




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