Obama’s “Creative Ambiguity” Preserves Stability in East Asia [Fair Observer]

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While talk of a ‘G2’ may have been overblown, the Washington-Beijing relationship may now be the world’s most important bilateral relationship. As China continues to grow, some have called for a harsher policy; Vice-Presidential candidate Paul Ryan told a crowd…

Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power by Robert Kaplan [Book Review]

Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power by Robert Kaplan [Book Review]

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For 800 years, the lines of global commerce did not lie across the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans, but between the various communities bordering the Indian Ocean. Arab sailors created a network of trade routes fanning out from the trading sultanate…