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EUROPE’S TAIWAN SUBMARINE DILEMNA

By Richard D. Fisher, Jr. President George W. Bush's decision to seek a European conventional submarine design to sell to Taiwan, and the brusque refusal of two European countries to do so, highlights Europe's increasing conflicts about arms sales to China and Taiwan. As a... MORE

THE GROWING THREAT OF MARITIME PIRACY

By David G. Wiencek Maritime piracy is a security threat well known in Asia, where pirates have been active throughout history along the coast of China and in the seas of Southeast Asia. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, international attention was drawn to... MORE