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Much has been made of the U.S.’ efforts to contain China. Central to its strategy is the first island chain, a line of islands comprising the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan that naturally obstruct China’s access to the open seas. And now that Washington is increasingly confident in South Korea and Japan’s ability to manage the first chain, it is increasingly eager to focus on a second island chain, one to be managed by Australia. – Ronan Wordsworth Full Story

Despite sanctions, it has not been possible to completely displace Russian resources from the European market. The volume of deliveries has even increased. The energy issue thus remains a means of exerting pressure between Moscow and the West. – Ekaterina Zolotova Full Story

Long wars result from consistent and fundamental errors: underestimating the will and ability of an enemy to resist, overestimating one’s own capabilities, going to war for incorrect or insufficient reasons, or underestimating the degree to which a powerful third party might intervene and shift the balance of power. - George Friedman Full story

  The specter of a Chinese-Russian alliance against the United States seems catastrophic to many Americans, and the idea of Chinese weapons on the Ukrainian battlefield seems like a preface to disaster. But these concerns are misplaced. - George Friedman Full story

In view of Antonia Colibasanu's visit to Greece, Newsbomb.gr held a discussion with her, both on the challenges posed to Europe and the world economy by the war in Ukraine, but also on Greek-Turkish relations, the risk of conflagration in the Aegean and how the scene and Turkish aspirations change - or does not change, after the deadly earthquake in the southeast of the country. Full story