The Asian Strategic Order is Dying

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"When somebody is reaching the end of their life, they often suffer from lots of apparently unrelated ailments — fevers, aches-and-pains, unlucky falls. Something similar may happen when a strategic order is dying. Across east Asia, the past month has seen a rash of diplomatic and security incidents that are symptoms of a wider sickness."

 

"... from Tokyo to Taipei and from Canberra to Hanoi, there is growing anxiety about Beijing’s behaviour. That anxiety is only increased by the growing closeness between China and Russia."

 

https://www.ft.com/content/f4725b7e-b51e-11e9-8cb2-799a3a8cf37b

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... mutually agreed destruction 

Amid massively applied distractions  

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