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Asia's New Age of Instability

Asia’s four pillars of stability, bulwarks of a highly successful regional system crafted and fostered by America, are all crumbling. The region’s future will be shaped and defined by the struggle to replace those pillars.

Battle for the High Seas

Launching land wars to seize resources and territory has gone out of style. Extending that principle to the sea is the next challenge.

The Myth of Multipolarity

Most of the so-called "new powers" aren't nearly as powerful as they seem.

Collision Course in the South China Sea

The current trajectory is lose-lose-lose for all concerned. Cooler heads must prevail to avoid a major conflagration.

Rising Democracies Take on Russia and China

Moscow and Beijing vetoing the UN resolution on Syria was not surprising. Rising democracies supporting it was.

The Numbers Still Aren't Good

A new poll illustrates just how dangerous democracy in the Middle East will be for America.

Another "Morning in America"?

As the 1970s proved, things may get worse before they get better for the United States.

Resistance is Futile

The reason behind China's attitude adjustment.

Global Gridlock in Miniature

The APEC summit was a just foreshadowing of the worldwide diplomatic and economic traffic jam to come.

The Muslim Ties that Bind

Adherents of Islam share a transnational brotherhood that followers of other religions—and your average Westerner—can't begin to comprehend.

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May 25, 2013