A Beijing Backlash -- Newsweek
China is starting to face consequences for its newly aggressive stance.
Over the past two weeks, all of Asia watched with alarm as China forced Japan to back down in a maritime dispute by downgrading diplomatic ties, and tolerating if not encouraging public street protest against Tokyo as well as halting shipments of critical industrial metals to Japan. The face-off symbolizes Beijing’s new attitude: once officially committed to rising peacefully in cooperation with its neighbors, China now seems determined to show its neighbors—and the United States—that it has growing military and economic interests that other countries ignore at their peril.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Japan: Russia Piling On -- J. E. Dyer, Commentary Magazine
Russia, Japan Island Row Back -- Andy Sharp, The Diplomat
Even 'winning' in Afghanistan would include some failures -- Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
In Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars,' Neil Sheehan sees parallels to Vietnam -- Neil Sheehan, Washington Post
Paralysis in Pakistan -- Ahmed Rashid, National Interest
Twilight in the Evil Kingdom of the Hermit Midgets -- Mario Loyola, National Review
U.S. skepticism over Kim Jong-un -- Michael Green, Joong Ang Daily
Will Turkey bring Syria and Israel back to the table? Doubtful -- Max Strasser, Foreign Policy
The Latest Al Qaeda Alarms -- Bruce Riedel, The Daily Beast
Be very afraid – we are being fleeced by purveyors of fear -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian