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Russia and China display strategic coordination in Asia-Pacific

Russia and China display strategic coordination in Asia-Pacific Russian Tu-95 MS (above) & Chinese Xian H-6 strategic bombers. File photo  An exciting new template has appeared in the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific last week when Russia’s Aerospace Force and China’s Air Force carried out their first-ever joint air patrol in the region. Steadily and imperceptibly but profoundly, […]

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US Withdrawal from INF Treaty: Implications for Asia Pacific

US Withdrawal from INF Treaty: Implications for Asia Pacific One of the motives behind the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty is its desire to acquire first-strike capability against Russia from Europe, while keeping intact its strategic nuclear arsenal. Another motivation is the need to keep China, America’s fiercest geopolitical challenger, in its crosshairs by forcing it […]

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Peak oil in Asia Pacific (part 1)

Peak oil in Asia Pacific (part 1) This post uses data released by the BP Statistical Review in June 2018 https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html Oil production seems to have left its bumpy 6 year long (2010-2015) plateau of 8.4 mb/d and is now back to 2004 levels of 7.9 mb/d, a decline of 6% over 2 years. Fig […]

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China Prepares For New Cold War With Massive Military Buildup

China Prepares For New Cold War With Massive Military Buildup As we have been documenting for quite some time, China has been not-so-quietly transforming itself into a serious threat to the West – beefing up its military to contend with the Washington’s air, sea, space and cyber weapons capabilities, while scrapping constitutional term limits for President Xi Jinping. Since 2000, China has […]

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U.S. Navy Considers Setting Up Ship Base in Australia

U.S. Navy Considers Setting Up Ship Base in Australia (Bloomberg) — The U.S. is in talks with Australia about “basing” Navy vessels in its main South Pacific ally, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert said, a move that would risk inflaming tensions with China. “We’re doing a study together with the Australia Defence Force […]

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