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The US need not fear closer ties between Russia and China. They’ll face numerous obstacles in their relationship.

Having feared the US entry into Afghanistan, some in Russia now fear the United States’ exit will make it a bigger target for Islamic militants.

Burma says it is abandoning plans to develop its nuclear technology. Other countries should give it a chance.

Is it time for a diplomatic arrangement to govern maritime endeavours in the Western Pacific and China seas?

Is it time for a diplomatic arrangement to govern maritime endeavours in the Western Pacific and China seas?

China’s mix of historical and legal claims in the South China Sea are inconsistent, says Frank Ching. Beijing can’t have its cake and eat it.

The idea that the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador went to the very top is fanciful, says Robert Dreyfuss. Still, it has almost certainly scuppered the prospects for talks.

China is already the world’s biggest investor in clean energy. But it has its sights on hiking wind energy capacity.

The US and Afghan governments need to rethink the current peace process. Striking a deal with the Taliban is no magic bullet.

Suggestions the US role in Asia is in decline are misplaced. And it has no plans to drop Taiwan to please China.

Claims Iran was plotting to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador on US soil are extraordinary. Would Iran’s leadership really have OK’d such a plot?

China warns the US a bill passed by the Senate on alleged currency manipulation creates a lose-lose situation.