• Notes from Utopia:
• The Tropicalist discusses China’s effort to rewrite the historical narrative around the South China Sea
• Hosts Jesse & Madhavi discuss:
• the SAIS (School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University) imprint on American foreign policy
• the mistake of applying old paradigms to new great power conflicts
• the quadrilateral security dialogue between India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand
• the Abraham Accords and the UAE as Asia’s new peacemaker

Links

• The Attack of the Civilization-State (an eloquent explanation by an EU diplomat on the Asian concept of statehood).
• In this podcast, one of India’s foremost defence commentators, Maroof Raza, explains India’s position in the new geopolitics. Go to 28:00.
• Wise words from Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohammed on the Quad.
• A Brookings scholar on the folly of thinking that Palestine could be sidelined.
• What is the UAE hoping to achieve between India and Pakistan?
• Shifting alliances? A deeper look at the recent China-Iran deal and the newly warm relationship between India and Israel.
• Also: should the US-Iran nuclear deal be revived?
• The Russian perspective: an engaging blog (in English) by the US-based Russian military analyst Andrei Martyanov.
• Old friends are new friends: China and Russia in joint space exploration.
• Why China takes the recent Suez Canal mishap very seriously.

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