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Competitors, Adversaries, or Enemies? Unpacking the Sino-American Relationship

“Competitor?” “Adversary?” “Enemy?” Which of these terms best describes U.S.-Chinese relations? The Washington Post reporter Susan Page posed this question during the vice-presidential debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris. While neither offered a direct answer to the question, it goes to the heart of a major …

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The Palestinians need a new strategy in relations with Israel

Israel has defeated Oslo, but the Palestinian people remain and will continue to struggle to remain on what is remaining from their land. I don’t know if the majority of Palestinians still support the idea of a mini Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, with east Jerusalem as …

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Turkey signals willingness to repair relations with Egypt

Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalın said on Wednesday that Turkey was ready for a rapprochement with Egypt after seven years of strained relations, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Egypt “If Egypt reveals a willingness to act with a positive agenda on regional issues, Turkey would not leave it unanswered,” …

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Erdogan’s new Janissaries… systematic rules of mercenarism and murder

The “new Ottoman Sultan”, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is attracting Syrian and foreign mercenaries from around the world to fight within his army against neighbouring countries he conquers, trying to deepen the idea of ​​the new Janissaries to implement his political, military and geopolitical agendas in the region, and to avoid …

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Russian Airstrikes Hit De-Escalation Zone in Northwestern Syria

Russia bombed parts of Idleb province Wednesday morning, just hours after the country was controversially admitted to the UN Human Rights Council. Monitors reported a series of Russian airstrikes in the Jisr al-Shughour region, western Idleb, although no casualties were reported.

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