The Anti-Corruption Campaign China’s purge of Gen. Zhang Youxia, long considered a confidante of Xi Jinping and a vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), and General Liu ...

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As this article goes to press, security officials in Iran are carefully weighing their options on how to dole out violence to preserve an authoritarian system. It is an existential moment for any ...

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HONG KONG (AP) — China’s military on Monday dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around the island of Taiwan, which Beijing called a “stern warning” against ...