Would love to have seen them workshopping this

In response to my question, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell Fontelles says he has seen no evidence that China has provided direct military support to Russia for use in Ukraine and said the EU does not have the ability to sanction third countries that circumvent Russia sanctions. He

#PRC delegate at IISS News in response to Richard Marles speech stated that China’s recent ‘punishment’ drills were to ‘punish separatists’ not the Taiwan people. Stating that the ‘Taiwan people call on the #PLA to protect them’ - I suspect Taiwan does not agree #SLD24

Enjoy your hearty main of Korea-Japan institutionalization with an also very substantial side of nuclear sharing:
Sen. Roger Wicker, the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee: 'proposed that discussions begin with South Korea, Japan and Australia 'to

Admiral Paparo’s reaction after going back & forth with the longest-serving Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. at #SLD24 🧵

“You’re speaking as if all the panelists here want to fight. We are the life insurance policy against fighting. We have children in uniform. And that is the

Classic 'this is more of a comment than a question' here. Marcos' response was very impressive I must say

'At the meeting, the charged defendants allegedly agreed that Burke would use his position as a Navy Admiral to steer a sole-source contract to Company A in exchange for future employment at the company...In October 2022, Burke began working at Company A at a yearly starting

'At the meeting, the charged defendants allegedly agreed that Burke would use his position as a Navy Admiral to steer a sole-source contract to Company A in exchange for future employment at the company...In October 2022, Burke began working at Company A at a yearly starting

Would be nice to know if Conroy or Raytheon is more correct on the feasibility of the approach (either way, clearly not effortlessly feasible):
'defence and industry sources say for the past year Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has grown increasingly frustrated with Raytheon

Europe has ample resources with which to deter Russia if it so chooses, especially with the US providing a secondary support role
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Get the strong sense that the State Dept is not treating this with the urgency and flexibility required
breakingdefense.com/2024/05/propos…

The Biden administration will not impose tariffs on graphics cards and motherboards imported from China for another year. US Trade Representative notice: 'availability of the product outside of China remains limited”
pcmag.com/news/us-wont-i…

'Defense News spoke to sources in Congress, the Pentagon and think tanks, as well as former government officials, to understand the future of U.S. support to Taiwan. Many spoke on the condition of anonymity, either because they weren’t permitted to talk to the press or were

'Defense News spoke to sources in Congress, the Pentagon and think tanks, as well as former government officials, to understand the future of U.S. support to Taiwan. Many spoke on the condition of anonymity, either because they weren’t permitted to talk to the press or were

Kim must be pissed with Putin: 'That Pyongyang did not name the rocket used on May 27, subject matter experts say, suggests it may have been an import—likely from Russia'

Presumably Washington knows whether it was Russian or not:
'When North Korea tried to put a new spy

Gotta admire Beijing's total commitment to always playing the role of the victim no matter what, but the 'but' gives the game away

In terms of # new FDI projects, Chinese firms continue to lead the way in Vietnam. The article unveils rare disappointment from officials about the tepidity of US and EU firms. In other words, China+1 and 'decoupling' via Vietnam is being led by...China. baodautu.vn/trung-quoc-tan…

Cai Xia on Beijing's use of lying (Cai Xia definitely knows what she's talking about):
'The Americans are too naïve. There are many differences between the cultures of Americans and Chinese. One basic cultural tradition of Americans is not to lie, to obey the rules, and to

Another way to think about this is maybe the US *has to* back itself into a corner in order to generate that necessary substantive policy (i.e. burn the ships)
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A Cho Kuk/ Lee Jae-myung presidency would essentially be Moon Jae-in 2.0. As a policy proposal, this from Joon Hyung Kim is unfeasible/bad for Korea (in my non-Korean opinion), and the framing and argument is deceptive. But rather than spend time on that, I will limit myself to