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![China and the Mediterranean: Geostrategic Context and Contest China and the Mediterranean: Geostrategic Context and Contest](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-03-10.jpg)
China and the Mediterranean: Geostrategic Context and Contest
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Barry Strauss.
![China and Russia Conclude Naval Drill in Mediterranean China and Russia Conclude Naval Drill in Mediterranean](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-21_20-39-04.jpg)
China and Russia Conclude Naval Drill in Mediterranean
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The joint Sino-Russian maritime exercise included live-fire drills, underway replenishment and escort operations.
![Never Say Never: What if Egypt Did Close the Suez Canal? Never Say Never: What if Egypt Did Close the Suez Canal?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sizes/thumbnail/5815_5243a95f47412.jpg)
Never Say Never: What if Egypt Did Close the Suez Canal?
The economic and military effects of the Suez’s closure would reverberate throughout Asia and the West.
![Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Syria Bound? Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Syria Bound?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/2735_524383c69e66e.jpg)
Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Syria Bound?
Putin wants to re-establish Russia as a major player in world politics. Will his resentment of the US get in his way?
![China's Navy in the Mediterranean? China's Navy in the Mediterranean?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sizes/thumbnail/4313_524397f8286ff.jpg)
China's Navy in the Mediterranean?
Regardless of PLAN’s current destination, its growing reach portends greater tensions.
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