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China extends reach in South Pacific with Cook Islands deal
No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...
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BRICS expansion and Japan’s latent leadership in a torn Indo-Pacific
As ASEAN nations seek membership in BRICS, Japan has the opportunity to create an alternative coalition that upholds ...
Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia
Whether through agricultural practices, deforestation, or urbanization, how modern humans use land has had an unprecedented ...
Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 12 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of February 14.
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China in the Indo-Pacific: January 2025
This month, a spy scandal in the Philippines and Myanmar’s civil war highlighted China’s controversial involvement in the ...
Triple Aircraft Carrier Exercise Sends Warning to China
The tri-carrier war game in the Philippine Sea comes as seven Chinese warships reached the area earlier this week.
What was the Sykes-Picot agreement, and why does it still affect the Middle East today?
Some national borders are determined by natural phenomena like seas, mountains and rivers. Most, however, are created by ...