Some scenarios for the South China Sea in 2021

 

 

 

Asia Times

War is unlikely – but possible
 
 
US Navy FONOPs (freedom of navigation operations) in the South China Sea irritate China. Photo: US Naval Institute

It’s that time again when US administrations change and a plethora of foreign-policy pundits post proposals and predictions for the incoming administration. This time around a prominent topic is US-China policy and – in particular – US policy regarding the burgeoning US-China confrontation in the South China Sea.

Here is a spectrum of scenarios for the South China Sea in 2021, ranging from the worst to the best – and including the most likely.

The worst but least likely scenario is war. China and the US are locked in a seminal long-term struggle for dominance in Asia and the

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Strengthening Agro-business Capitalism and Weakening Federalism

 

 

 

CADTM.org

4 December by Pritam Singh


 

[India is currently rocked by farmer’s protest. Tens of thousands of farmers have surrounded India’s capital, New Delhi, where they intend to camp out for weeks to protest against the contentious new agricultural laws that could destroy their livelihoods. They fear that the laws would dismantle the Minimum Support Price system, leaving them at the hands of big agro-business which would eventually take over their lands and livelihood.-ed.]

The current Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s agrarian agenda of supporting entry of big agro-business corporations (especially those close to the ruling party) in Indian agriculture and weakening further the already weakened structure of federal devolution of economic and political power in India has been in the making but it came

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China crea el área de libre comercio más grande del Mundo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nueva Tribuna

El acuerdo de la Asociación Económica Integral Regional (RCEP, siglas en inglés) se ha firmado el 15 de Noviembre entre los 15 países participantes
 

Los participantes incluyen los 10 países miembros de la Asociación de Naciones del Sudeste Asiático (ASEAN), así como China, Japón, la República de Corea, Australia y Nueva Zelanda.

El acuerdo comercial acelerará la construcción de la comunidad económica de la ASEAN y, por lo tanto, permitirá que el bloque regional se convierta en un socio dinámico y sólido a la hora de promover la cooperación para la prosperidad compartida, afirmó el primer ministro vietnamita, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, en la ceremonia de firma realizada por videoconferencia.

El acuerdo, firmado virtualmente debido

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Container Shipping Is Booming Again

 

 

 

That Probably Won’t Last. Justin Fox Bookmark December 03 2020, 8:03 PM December 04 2020, 12:20 AM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The two busiest ports in the U.S., the neighboring facilities of Los Angeles and Long Beach, have been setting new monthly records for inbound container traffic this summer and fall, with ships from Asia lining up offshore as they wait for


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