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Russia’s submarine sales pitch meets hard realities in Asia

Russia is pitching a new stealthy, missile-armed answer to Asia’s rising demand for submarines, but sanctions, allegiances, and industrial realities could sink its export ambitions. This month, Defense Security Asia reported that Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation

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Two Chinas at North America’s World Cup

North America’s World Cup summer has begun, and China is once again outside the tournament rather than inside it. That fact is familiar. But it should not be flattened into the usual joke about a country of 1.4 billion people failing to find eleven footballers. China did not

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US, Iran inch closer to deal, timing remains unclear

WASHINGTON/DUBAI, June 13 - U.S. and Pakistani leaders forecast a Sunday signing of a long-elusive framework agreement to end fighting between the United States and Iran, but Tehran cast doubt over the timing and hardline protesters in Iran voiced opposition.

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