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‘Pivot to the Pacific’ Policy Is Over…

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The Obama administration’s Pacific Rebalance effort – also known as the Pivot to the Pacific — effort is officially dead, according to a top State Department official. Asked by reporters about the future of the Rebalance, Acting Assistant Secretary of State Susan Thornton said Monday that the new administration has its own plan for the […]

Has China been Practicing Preemptive Missile Strikes Against U.S. Bases? by Thomas Shugart…

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You’ve probably heard that China’s military has developed a “carrier-killer” ballistic missile to threaten one of America’s premier power-projection tools, its unmatched fleet of aircraft carriers. Or perhaps you’ve read about China’s deployment of its own aircraft carrier to the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea. But heavily defended moving targets like aircraft carriers would […]

An Afghanistan Conference Without Afghanistan…

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Afghanistan has expressed concern over a meeting in Moscow between China, Pakistan and Russia over the Afghan conflict. Experts say Pakistan is trying to forge an alliance to counter an Indian-Afghan partnership…

OxyContin Goes Global — “We’re only just getting started”…

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OxyContin is a dying business. With the nation in the grip of an opioid epidemic that has claimed more than 200,000 lives, the U.S. medical establishment is turning away from painkillers. Top health officials are discouraging primary care doctors from prescribing them for chronic pain, saying there is no proof they work long-term…

U.S. Attempts to Shame Asia for “Caving to China”…

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It is becoming clear that US influence – despite its “pivot toward Asia” – is waning across the Asia Pacific region. Washington has suffered geopolitical setbacks in virtually every nation in Asia Pacific, including…

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