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Chinese incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone continue to escalate; Japan makes unprecedented defense pledges, to China’s chagrin; U.S. submarine collision gives China an opportunity to push back on U.S. operations in South China Sea; and Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines see Chinese incursions in South China Sea.
Given political considerations in the United States and South Korea, a diplomatic approach with North Korea is likely unsustainable in the long term.
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New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has sought to align the country more firmly with the US while still maintaining a certain distance. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/AAP New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has sought to align the country more firmly with the US while still maintaining a certain distance. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/AAP Mon 19 Jul 2021 23.11 EDT Last modified on Mon 19 Jul 2021 23.12 EDT New Zealand has long prided itself on having an “independent” foreign policy that charts a middle path between great powers. It’s an approach for which the prime minist...