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A panel of two diplomats and a scientist called for redefining the role of diplomacy by creating a diplomacy-science partnership to tackle global challenges. The discussion last week is part of Duke’s Center for International & Global Studies/Rethinking Diplomacy Program, which the center launched in January 2020.

The U.S. gained more influence in Asia this year due to President Joe Biden’s administration brokering better diplomatic relationships and a recovery from the pandemic due to vaccines.

(Bloomberg) -- China's influence in Asia receded in the second year of the pandemic as the country turned more inward, while the U.S. expanded its power in the region through better diplomacy, according to an Australian research group.

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The Heritage Foundation is excited to announce the China Uncovered podcast available on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. In this podcast, Heritage Senior Policy Analyst Olivia Enos hosts representatives of world-class data projects to discuss how their projects are shining a spotlight on the Chinese Communist Party’s actions and emerging trends from their data. This is an ongoing effort of Heritage’s China Transparency Project. On December 28th, we release...

REUTERS/Danish Ismail Disputes between India and China over their border in the Himalayas have intensified in recent months, after a deadly clash between their troops in June. That adds to broader competition between India and China on land and at sea around Asia, but recent military agreements with the US allow India to watch rival Chinese forces more closely. As tension between India and China has increased in recent months, the US military has helped India keep ...

New Russian weapons add to simmering tensions over a lingering territorial dispute in Asia insider@insider.com (Christopher Woody) © REUTERS/Issei Kato A Japanese Coast Guard vessel off Cape Nosappu, Japans easternmost point. The Kuril Islands can be seen in the background, April 14, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato Japans years-long attempt to resolve a century-old territorial dispute with Russia hasnt made progress and remains a source of tension, the top US commander in Japan said...

REUTERS/Issei Kato Japans years-long attempt to resolve a century-old territorial dispute with Russia hasnt made progress and remains a source of tension, the top US commander in Japan said this month. Those comments were punctuated by Russias deployment of an advanced air-defense system to the territory, part of a military build up in the region thats seen as directed at the US and Japan. Japans years-long effort to end a longstanding territorial dispute with Russ...

The 12 are fact witnesses, some firsthand, many that are not, not a lot of documents close to zero and turned over. >> we have people who have taken contemporaneous notes, a lot of discussions about what people were saying to one another as they tried to put together a pressure campaign on ukraine. so we have seen messages, text messages, some emails gordon sondland wrote some emails. but sondland said over and over is you could have more proof, its just being held by the white house. one might ...