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		<title>Why Beijing-Seoul Ties So Fraught</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/28/why-beijing-seoul-ties-so-fraught/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea looms over ties between China and South Korea. Indeed, the future of the North Korean regime goes to the very heart of longstanding tensions.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran: Between U.S. and a Hard Place</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/21/iran-between-u-s-and-a-hard-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Meir Javedanfar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran’s supreme leader has built much of his legitimacy around demonizing the United States. So what could he really offer in talks with the U.S.?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>How China Ends West&#8217;s Domination</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/16/how-china-ends-wests-domination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China's rise will see the end of Western domination. But contrary to the suggestion of some alarmist commentators, this doesn't mean the Western world is finished.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Folly of &#8220;Managed&#8221; Taiwan Ties</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/12/the-folly-of-managed-taiwan-ties/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/12/the-folly-of-managed-taiwan-ties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>diplomat_admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. should be promoting not “managing” ties with Taiwan. This week’s election in Taiwan is a perfect opportunity for a rethink.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pakistan’s Roller Coaster 2012</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/08/pakistan%e2%80%99s-roller-coaster-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/08/pakistan%e2%80%99s-roller-coaster-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>diplomat_admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year was an unsettling year for Pakistanis. With political upheaval and security threats looming, 2012 will likely bring more of the same.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Japan Steps Up Asia Diplomacy</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/06/japan-steps-up-asia-diplomacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite numerous domestic challenges, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has his eyes on Japan’s strategic future. And it’s not all about China.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia’s Third Way Nonsense</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/05/australia%e2%80%99s-third-way-nonsense/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/05/australia%e2%80%99s-third-way-nonsense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>The Diplomat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia doesn’t have to choose between China and the U.S., Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop tells The Diplomat. And nor is conflict with China inevitable.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Year, New Kim, Same Policies</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/02/new-year-new-kim-same-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/02/new-year-new-kim-same-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>diplomat_admin</dc:creator>
						<category><![CDATA[East Asia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kim Jong-un is too weak to expect a shift in North Korean policy. The only question is whether 2012 will be a year of provocations. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>India, Japan Eye Nuclear Road Bump</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2011/12/27/india-japan-face-nuclear-road-bump/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2011/12/27/india-japan-face-nuclear-road-bump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>diplomat_admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ties between India and Japan have warmed further since Japan's Yoshihiko Noda took office. But civilian nuclear co-operation is proving a sticking point.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Predicting the Unpredictable</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2011/12/23/predicting-the-unpredictable/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2011/12/23/predicting-the-unpredictable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Jason Miks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China’s rise is only the most remarkable of the many extraordinary stories of Asia’s emergence, says Jason Miks in the first in a special series of essays on the Asia-Pacific's future.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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