CHINESE PRESIDENT - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates shakes hands with Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Hu Jintao at the Hall of the People in Beijing, Jan. 11, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry MorrisonViewpoint: A New Sino-US High-Tech Arms Race? -- BBC News
Alexander Neill, head of the Asia Security Programme at the Royal United Services Institute, considers the apparent emergence of a new Sino-US high-tech arms race.
Beneath the veneer of official smiles and neatly choreographed handshakes at the defence summit in Beijing, the Sino-US relationship remains fraught with uncertainty.
A year after military relations were frozen by Beijing in the wake of a $6.4bn (£4.1bn) arms package to Taiwan, the US request for a resumption of a substantial strategic dialogue has been given a lukewarm reception in Beijing.
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Why US Keeps Hedging Over China -- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Islamabad at the Crossroads -- Marvin Weinbaum, The National Interest
Rolling up religious radicals. Pakistani army is preparing to rule - again -- Arnaud de Borchgrave, The Washington Times
Are China's Neocons Taking Power? -- Jacob Heilbrunn, The National Interest
The Israeli Way of War -- Michael J. Totten, Pajamas Media
Push could soon turn to shove on the Korean Peninsula -- Andrei Lankov, Asia Times
End of an ETA -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
Castro in state of confusion -- Carlos Alberto Montaner, Miami Herald
The WikiLeaks War on America -- Jonathan Foreman, Commentary Magazine
'Europe Needs Growth to Prevent a Collapse of the Euro' -- Spiegel Online
A year after military relations were frozen by Beijing in the wake of a $6.4bn (£4.1bn) arms package to Taiwan, the US request for a resumption of a substantial strategic dialogue has been given a lukewarm reception in Beijing.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Why US Keeps Hedging Over China -- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat
Islamabad at the Crossroads -- Marvin Weinbaum, The National Interest
Rolling up religious radicals. Pakistani army is preparing to rule - again -- Arnaud de Borchgrave, The Washington Times
Are China's Neocons Taking Power? -- Jacob Heilbrunn, The National Interest
The Israeli Way of War -- Michael J. Totten, Pajamas Media
Push could soon turn to shove on the Korean Peninsula -- Andrei Lankov, Asia Times
End of an ETA -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
Castro in state of confusion -- Carlos Alberto Montaner, Miami Herald
The WikiLeaks War on America -- Jonathan Foreman, Commentary Magazine
'Europe Needs Growth to Prevent a Collapse of the Euro' -- Spiegel Online
Rolling up religious radicals. Pakistani army is preparing to rule - again -- Arnaud de Borchgrave, The Washington Times
Are China's Neocons Taking Power? -- Jacob Heilbrunn, The National Interest
The Israeli Way of War -- Michael J. Totten, Pajamas Media
Push could soon turn to shove on the Korean Peninsula -- Andrei Lankov, Asia Times
End of an ETA -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
Castro in state of confusion -- Carlos Alberto Montaner, Miami Herald
The WikiLeaks War on America -- Jonathan Foreman, Commentary Magazine
'Europe Needs Growth to Prevent a Collapse of the Euro' -- Spiegel Online
George Clooney's ego-trip to Sudan: yet another smug liberal celebrity invades Africa -- Brendan O'Neill, The Telegraph
Brazil: return of the inflationary "dragon"? -- Solana Pyne and Erik German, Global Post
The Great Food Crisis of 2011: It's real, and it's not going away anytime soon. -- Lester Brown, Foreign Policy
Forget about Economic Recovery in 2011 -- Monty Pelerin, The American Thinker
Are China's Neocons Taking Power? -- Jacob Heilbrunn, The National Interest
The Israeli Way of War -- Michael J. Totten, Pajamas Media
Push could soon turn to shove on the Korean Peninsula -- Andrei Lankov, Asia Times
End of an ETA -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy
Castro in state of confusion -- Carlos Alberto Montaner, Miami Herald
The WikiLeaks War on America -- Jonathan Foreman, Commentary Magazine
'Europe Needs Growth to Prevent a Collapse of the Euro' -- Spiegel Online
George Clooney's ego-trip to Sudan: yet another smug liberal celebrity invades Africa -- Brendan O'Neill, The Telegraph
Brazil: return of the inflationary "dragon"? -- Solana Pyne and Erik German, Global Post
The Great Food Crisis of 2011: It's real, and it's not going away anytime soon. -- Lester Brown, Foreign Policy
Forget about Economic Recovery in 2011 -- Monty Pelerin, The American Thinker