![Image China and U.S. Freedom of Navigation Operations collide in the South China Sea [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SCS-0000001.png)
The confrontation between U.S. and Chinese warships in the South China Sea brings Freedom of Navigation operations back to the forefront of U.S. international relations. Tensions between the United States and the People’s Republic of China increased on September 30, when the Chinese People’s Liberation… Keep Reading
![Image Little choice for Russia and China but to link up [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/headlineImage.adapt_.1460.high_.russia_china_opinion_052114.1400674740238-480x320.jpg)
For years, China and Russia have been making a show of seeking closer ties, but it has been more style than substance. Will the U.S. – China trade war kick the relationship into overdrive? Two years ago, China and Russia reached an agreement to link… Keep Reading
![Image Critics of India's ruling government rounded up in raids [Lima Charlie News][Image: AFP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Critics-of-Indias-ruling-government-rounded-up-in-raids-480x320.jpg)
Civil society groups in India are outraged, accusing the government of arresting activists to punish and ward off political dissent. Indian police have arrested five people for alleged links to Maoist Rebels. Rights groups have listed the arrested: lawyer Vernon Gonsalves, communist poet Varavara Rao,… Keep Reading
![image Resistance mounts against China's President Xi Jinping [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Johannes Eisele / AFP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Resistance-mounts-against-Chinas-President-Xi-Jinping-480x320.jpg)
China’s leadership faces rising domestic opposition in light of a faltering trade war against the US, leading Chinese society to question some long-standing truths. Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is facing increasing domestic resistance and opposition from all corners of society in light of the ongoing… Keep Reading
![Image Beijing to the rescue - China considers military intervention in Syria [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Beijing-to-the-rescue-China-considers-military-intervention-in-Syria-480x320.jpg)
China is talking about injecting itself militarily to help the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. In 2013, with the Syrian Civil War having raged for two years costing an estimated 200,000 lives, Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil said that China, Russia and Iran had… Keep Reading
![Image Pakistan’s military and its largest political party face off [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Reuters]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pakistan’s-military-and-its-largest-political-party-face-off-480x320.jpg)
Pakistan’s military has always been willing to intervene in politics, and a political party is challenging its authority. A months long campaign to undermine the Pakistan Muslim League appears to have paid off. Pakistan’s voters may have driven the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N)… Keep Reading
![Image The Night Turkey's Democracy Died on a Bridge of Martyrs [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/The-Night-Turkeys-Democracy-Died-on-a-Bridge-of-Martyrs-480x320.jpg)
Two years ago Turkey’s President survived the attempted coup d’etat enabling what is now a country ruled by one man. The demise of Turkey’s democracy would come on a bridge of martyrs. Everyone in Turkey has something to say about that fateful summer evening. Everyone has something… Keep Reading
![Image South Korea struggles to increase low fertility rates. Could refugees help? [Lima Charlie News] (AP Photo/WFP, Ho)](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/South-Korea-struggles-to-increase-low-fertility-rates.-Could-refugees-help-480x320.jpg)
South Korea has the lowest fertility rate of any country. The government is pushing back with lavish spending programs, and South Korea has begun to face flows of refugees from the Middle East. S. Cho, a South Korean woman, was at a job interview when… Keep Reading
![Image China's football fever and FIFA - a World Cup match made in heaven [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Chinas-football-fever-and-FIFA-a-World-Cup-match-made-in-heaven-480x320.png)
FIFA’s public relations disasters have left the organization in difficult financial straights. Smelling blood in the water, China is moving to assert influence in the world’s most influential sport. “Leave me alone, we lost the game, we lost.” Those were the words uttered by an… Keep Reading
![Image Opinion | America’s Upside Down Foreign Policy [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Opinion-America’s-Upside-Down-Foreign-Policy-480x320.jpg)
The Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy called for the US to focus on countering China and Russia on the world stage. Yet, while past presidents have deviated from or even ignored the NDS, President Trump appears to be going in the exact opposite strategic direction. In… Keep Reading
![Image 21st Korean family reunion for families separated by war highlights complications of relations between the Koreas [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/21st-Korean-family-reunion-for-families-separated-by-war-highlights-complications-of-relations-between-the-Koreas-480x320.jpg)
An upcoming reunion of families that were separated by the Korean War, set for August 20th through 26th, is highlighting the complications of relations between the Koreas. South Korea is now forced to reckon with viewing its neighbor as both family and an enemy. After… Keep Reading
![Image Opinion | Turkey trades Democracy over promises of greatness [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis / AP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Turkey-trades-Democracy-over-promises-of-greatness-480x320.png)
Has Erdogan’s re-election sealed the fate of Turkey’s fragile democracy? On June 24th, Turkey held two simultaneous elections, the parliamentary and general elections. The latter saw the controversial, albeit predictable re-election of the country’s incumbent president of 15-years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. President Erdogan has now… Keep Reading
![Image NATO's embrace of Colombia signals Western insecurities about China in Latin America [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Mauricio Duenas Castaneda / EPA]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NATOs-embrace-of-Colombia-signals-Western-insecurities-about-China-in-Latin-America-480x320.jpg)
With Chinese investment and influence in Latin America on the rise, NATO and the U.S. welcomed Colombia into NATO’s global partnership, the first Latin American country to join. In May, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced that Colombia would join NATO as a “global partner.”… Keep Reading
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While diplomacy is moving forward with Kim Jong-Un, it doesn’t appear that North Korea’s extensive cyber-warfare capabilities are on the negotiating table. General Kim Yong-Chol, former spy chief of the North Korean intelligence agency, the General Reconnaissance Bureau, played a pivotal role in breaking the diplomatic impasse… Keep Reading
![Image Erdogan struggles amid Turkey's currency and debt crisis [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Turkey-lira-01-480x320.png)
Turkey’s central bank is ending a prolonged period of high inflation rates and citizens have tried to offload Turkey’s lira for foreign currencies. With presidential elections this month, Turkey will have an opportunity to render a verdict on President Erdogan’s stewardship. The financial crisis in… Keep Reading
![Image Giving the Afghan Air Force Blackhawks is a terrible idea [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Afghanistan-Black-Hawk-Helocopters--480x320.jpg)
After then President Hamid Karzai declared Afghanistan’s Air Force ‘reborn’ in 2008, NATO poured money and equipment into the country. However, the initiatives have consistently fallen flat, and the US should think twice about a Blackhawk helicopter program it may never finish. In a big move… Keep Reading
