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Outside View: Ticking time bombs
Dec 19, 2012 (UPI)
To most observers, irrespective of "sequestration" that would remove an additional $500 billion from defense spending over the next decade, the most dangerous o...
Japan's Abe voices security concerns
Dec 19, 2012 (UPI)
Pacific maritime security will be high on the agenda of Shinzo Abe, Japan's next prime minister, when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama. The two leaders, who...
Commentary: Geopolitical malignancy
Dec 19, 2012 (UPI)
The only democracy Egypt has known in 5,000 years of recorded history lasted six years -- from 1946, when the World War II British protectorate came to an end, ...
US to deploy newest weapons to Asia-Pacific
Dec 19, 2012 (AFP)
The United States plans to deploy some of its newest warships and other high-tech weapons to the Asia-Pacific as part of a strategic shift to the region, a US d...
US to open military ties soon with Myanmar: official
Dec 19, 2012 (AFP)
The United States is poised to take "nascent steps" to open up military ties with Myanmar as a way of bolstering political reforms undertaken by the former pari...
New Japanese PM might tweek constitution
Dec 18, 2012 (UPI)
Japan's new prime minister -- for the second time -- could try to revise the war-renouncing Article 9 of the country's Constitution. The alliance of the Liberal...
China commentary questions Abe's sincerity
Dec 18, 2012 (AFP)
China's state media Tuesday questioned whether Japan's incoming prime minister sincerely wants to improve ties with Beijing, which have been severely strained b...
China politician 'little Hu' promoted
Dec 18, 2012 (AFP)
A senior politician tipped as a future candidate for one of China's highest leadership posts has been named as the top official in the country's most populous p...
Hawk's return in Japan heartens US
Dec 17, 2012 (AFP)
The return of conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan has raised hopes in Washington for closer security ties, although US officials hope he keeps a lid...
China commentary urges Japan not to pick fights
Dec 16, 2012 (AFP)
China's official news agency urged Japan's new leaders Sunday not to "pick fights" with neighbours as election exit polls showed the hawkish Shinzo Abe on cours...
PM-in-waiting says disputed islands are Japan's
Dec 16, 2012 (AFP)
Shinzo Abe, the man set to become Japan's next prime minister, wasted no time after his election victory on Sunday in staking Tokyo's claim on islands at the ce...
India's clout in question as regional troubles mount
Dec 16, 2012 (AFP)
India is a world power, so allies in the West would like to believe, but recent developments in its own backyard reveal the limits of the country's influence an...
China commentary urges policy shift as Japan votes
Dec 16, 2012 (AFP)
China's state media Sunday urged Japan to seek a post-election foreign policy that will improve relations with its neighbours, as Japanese voted in a poll likel...
Japan scrambles fighters for China plane
Dec 13, 2012 (AFP)
Japan scrambled eight fighter jets on Thursday after a Chinese state-owned plane breached its airspace for the first time, over islands at the centre of a dispu...
Outside View: Alice in Washington
Dec 12, 2012 (UPI)
This isn't an original theme. The reference was suggested to me two years ago by the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, Salman Taseer, three months before ...
India minister: we must accept China in our backyard
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
India's foreign minister has said New Delhi must accept China's growing presence in its own backyard as Beijing steps up its investments and diplomatic efforts ...
US seen as 'first among equals' in 2030: intel report
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
The United States will likely be the "first among equals" in 2030 in an increasingly chaotic world where China is the top economy and demand soars for resources...
Philippines eyes greater US military presence
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
US and Philippine officials will meet this week to discuss expanding American presence in the Asian nation, a senior diplomat said, amid tensions with China ove...
Brazil's Rousseff to make first official France visit
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday kicks off her first official visit to France, where a decision on whether she will choose Mirage fighter jets or o...
EU says Nobel will spur reforms to keep Europe at peace
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
The European Union, facing its worst crisis in decades, pledged to put its house in order to maintain Europe at peace for the next generation as its leaders col...
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