Taiwan says China looking at Ukraine war to develop ‘hybrid’ strategies

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After China’s August drills, it expanded its “grey zone” and hybrid activities against Taiwan, especially with the use of drones that have flown both near Taiwan-controlled islands off China’s coast and into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone, Chen said. Taiwan says China’s “grey-zone” warfare campaign involves irregular tactics to exhaustContinue Reading

China-Japan relations as cause for hope not despair

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SEOUL – The 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Japan diplomatic relations did not cross Haruko Satoh’s radar screen. Granted, such occasions are hardly at the top of everyone’s viewing agenda. But Satoh might have been expected to tune in: She is a professor of international relations at the Osaka School of International Public Policy, […]Continue Reading

Europe united on road to its own decline

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In its long history, Europe has rarely been as united as has been during the current Ukraine war. Nearly all European countries support Ukraine, as do their mainstream media. Dissenting views are rare, as are anti-war protests of the kind we saw during the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.    Equally notable, European policies […]Continue Reading