Yellen gets warm reception in Beijing;
With an eye on Ukraine, PLA adjusts training;
China deepens its stake in Saudi Arabia;
Hong Kong tests extraterritoriality of national security law;
Beijing promises more assistance to the Solomons
China's fishing fleet goes global...;
...And encroaches on Africa;
Dam destruction an act of Russian eco-terrorism;
Rabat's grain dilemma
Moscow's loss, Riyadh's gain;
Wagner's changed circumstances...;
...Might mean an expanded threat from the North;
Russia's war on Ukrainian children;
Where are Moscow's Chechen reinforcements?
“[T]he basis of [U.S.] support” for Israel, longtime U.S. diplomat and Israel watcher Dennis Ross wrote back in 2015, “is driven by the perception of Israel as a country that shares America’s values... The last thing Israel needs now is to have its basic democratic character called into question.”
Paris nixes NATO office in Tokyo;
Japan underwrites Dhaka's regional economic ambitions...;
...And gets more competitive with foreign assistance;
More Chinese spy balloons spotted in Northeast Asia;
Seoul, Tokyo take steps to turn the page