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Tired of so many quarelling on J-10 vs. Rafale. IMHO, given geopolitical and economic reasons, I find PAF with very few choice besides J-10. So whether J10 is comparable to Rafale or not is really irrelevant. A good question would be when J-10/or J-10B would be delivered to PAF and in what...

ROK's only and greatest weapon is US-Korea Alliance. It is more than enough to protect ROK. Without US protection/DPRK involved(presumably, I know it is quite unrealistical), ROK can't even stand a round of SRBM attack. Trust me, though SM-3 and Aegis is good, thoese systems stand no chance in...

Before 2015(or even later, as the handover of command has been delayed for several times), the ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC) is the warfighting headquarters in ROK. The CFC is commanded by a four-star U.S. general, with a four-star ROK Army general as deputy commander. In that case...

I heard more about allies than enemies here in America. People here call China "competitor" more than "enemy". The victim mindset is always tied up to inferior complex, with all due respect may I be. If my memory serves me well, the evil axis only includes a handful countries. Even during the...

If you do believe a society is a complex system, that it should be organically operated instead of applying a top-down method by a group of elite, then i would assume you agree with what F. A. von Hayek's points, i.e., spontaneous order. If you believe spontaneous order, then naturally you'll...

In terms of multi-culturism, our nation is a typical failure simply like USSR. Uygurs, South Mongolians, in their oversea diaspora, you can easily sense there is no such thing like a common Chinese identity there. However, mostly Indian Muslims I met are profoundly proud of their Indian...

YoY FDI change doesn't explain anything. Here are Worldbank data from their very own website (2010, current dollar) FDI(net inflows) GDP FDI as % of GDP China 185,080,744,436 5,926,612,009,750 3.12% USA 236,226,000,000...

I know there are widely-existed discrmination on Eastern border Indians looks like Chinese. Afterall, they are Tibetans. MacMahon line is drawn by British Raj, from Tibet local government, at that time, China lost control over whole Tibet. IF the discrimination in India and the apparent better...

Marshall believed poverty was a breeding ground for Communism. That assessment holds true for any extremism. Pakistan really need is to develop its economy, provide jobs/the promise of a better life tomorrow for its youth. As China evolves, in the end, we'll still be Sino-Pak brotherhood...

Given the current nationalist sentiment domestically, it is better to keep diplomacy underwater. That rule holds for democratic country too. After all, domestic agenda should be decided by people, while in terms of international relations, there are more dirty deals, power-wrestling in place...

I'm not an elite by any means, so I may think differently in this topic. It is fair to think the possibility that China may surpass US in total GDP, given current growth rate for both countries respectively. After all, even with a GDP as huge as US, we have four times the population. That means...