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Myanmar Civil War: New Season, New Breakthroughs?
2 days ago · As of late October, pro-democracy resistance fighters in Myanmar had advanced to within a few kilometers of Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city.This marks a significant shift in the Myanmar civil war, a conflict that has hitherto been concentrated in the jungles and mountains of ethnic states, where groups like the Karen National Liberation Army, Karenni Army, and Kachin Independence ...
Climate Progress Hangs in the Balance at COP29
1 day ago · John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, will lead the US delegation to Azerbaijan to attend the upcoming COP29 climate conference which commenced on 11 November.. Other senior officials that will travel to Baku include Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Assistant to the President and White House National ...
India-China Border Agreement: A Tactical Step, No Strategic Reset
6 days ago · The October 2024 agreement between India and China reestablishes pre-2020 patrolling rights in the strategic regions of Depsang and Demchok. The two countries have agreed to limit the number of troops on patrol, stagger patrol schedules, and closely monitor patrols to prevent direct face-offs. These areas are significant for their strategic ...
US Answer to China Economic Challenge Starts at Home
Nov 1, 2024 · US Answer to China Economic Challenge Starts at Home. China’s widening trade surplus and the growing US trade deficit since the COVID-19 pandemic have renewed concerns about global imbalances, fueling an intense debate on their causes and consequences. There are increasing worries that China’s external surpluses result from industrial ...
US–China Tensions: A Year of Posturing in the Pacific
Backgrounders - August 26, 2024. By Jonathan Jordan. Chinese and American forces in the Pacific have had a busy year, with the great power rivalry flaring up again recently in the skies off Alaska. Yet this was only the latest episode in a long-running saga of moves and countermoves playing out in warmer seas to the south.
China and Russia Arctic Policy Convergence? Shifting Geopolitics …
Oct 14, 2024 · Earlier this month, the China Coast Guard claimed to have entered the Arctic Ocean for the first time as part of a joint patrol with Russia. In mid-September, Russia and China launched “Ocean-24,” a large-scale naval and air exercise spanning the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. The drill involved over 400 warships, submarines, and support vessels, along with more than 120 aircraft and 90,000 ...
Geopolitical Risks of a PLA Taiwan Blockade
Oct 31, 2024 · The geopolitics of a Taiwan blockade. A PLA blockade would be economically devastating for Taiwan, which depends on the sea for international trade, accounting for about two-thirds of its GDP. Taiwan imports all of its energy and 70% of its food, meaning a blockade would only need to be 50% effective to result in severe energy and food shortages.
Myanmar Civil War: A Conflict Without End - Geopolitical Monitor
Aug 12, 2024 · A New Phase in the Myanmar Civil War. Years of war have given rise to a widespread humanitarian crisis, with 2.6 million internally displaced people (IDPs), about one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, and up to two million people from the Shan, Karen, and other ethnic groups living in Thailand, often without visas or UN protection.
Backgrounder: The NATO Pivot toward Asia - Geopolitical Monitor
Aug 5, 2024 · Backgrounder: The NATO Pivot toward Asia. Throughout the Cold War, NATO focused on containing the threat of Soviet expansion from the USSR. After the Cold War ended, NATO’s relevance was widely questioned in the absence of this primary adversary. In recent years, China has emerged as a significant threat to the US-led international order.