Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 17, 2021

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Ashigara, foreground, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain transit the Philippine Sea 


The US-Japan joint statement on China's "destabilizing behavior" underlines the importance the Biden administration places on peace, stability and the rule of law in the Indo-Pacific region. 

Japan and the United States on Tuesday condemned Chinese "coercion and aggression" in the Indo-Pacific region. 

In a joint statement after a meeting in Tokyo, the two nations' foreign and defense ministers said they will not tolerate Beijing's "destabilizing behavior." 

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 Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 17, 2021 

Biden’s blitzkrieg diplomacy is all about China -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times 




China's Strategic Standpoint -- George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures 

Will Taiwan’s Dongsha Islands Be the Next Crimea? -- Shahn Savino, Charles Dunst, WPR 




Turkey and Iran's Power Struggle in Iraq -- Salem Alketbi, Jerusalem Post 

Darkness descends on Lebanon’s failed state -- Antonio Williams, Asia Times 


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