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A new military exercise reminds us of a battle that never was.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague ruled this week against Bolivia’s claim that Chile must negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean for the landlocked country. Bolivia lost its access following the War of the Pacific.
This doesn’t bode well for the country’s liberalization reforms.
The economic cost is likely tolerable, but there’s a bigger issue at stake.
Australia, like China, is militarizing the waters off its eastern coast.
Washington claims Moscow violated an arms control treaty.
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