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James Borton is a veteran editor and writer with over 25 years experience in SE Asia, he is a former director for Asia Pacific Projects for Foreign Affairs, published by the Council of Foreign Relations in New York and Asia Pacific correspondent for The Washington Times, where continues to contribute op-eds and special reports from the region. He is the author of Venture Japan (Probus 1992). He has also edited The South China Sea: Challenges and Promises (Xlibris 2015) and Islands and Rocks in …

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James Borton

James Borton

James Borton, a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship at Yale University, is a free…

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Diplomacy to preserve fisheries in South China Sea benefits many nations

Diplomacy to preserve fisheries in South China Sea benefits many nations

Despite White House efforts to deny well-established climate change reports and U.S. withdrawal from the 2015…

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Science Offers Peace-building Mechanism in South China Sea Dispute | Geopolitical Monitor

Science Offers Peace-building Mechanism in South China Sea Dispute | Geopolitical Monitor

March 5, 2017 Protecting marine environments and ensuring the ocean's sustainability is a global issue that i…

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Obama woos Vietnam amid China's economic rise, South China Sea aggression

Obama woos Vietnam amid China's economic rise, South China Sea aggression

HANOI - From the busy street stalls around Hoan Kiem Lake to the grand French Colonial-style Metropole Hotel,…

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China and the Deep Blue Sea by James Borton & Nguyen Chu Hoi - Project Syndicate

China and the Deep Blue Sea by James Borton & Nguyen Chu Hoi - Project Syndicate

The strategic consequences of China's extravagant claims to sovereignty in the South China Sea have been a ma…

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Fishing in Troubled Waters

Fishing in Troubled Waters

Earlier in 2014, I was in a Hanoi café, drinking the locally brewed beer with celebrated Vietnamese writer La…

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Closing U.S. consulate in Indonesia may undermine Indo-Pacific strategy Original

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By James Borton
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Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The Trump administration's decision to close the U.S. Consulate in Medan, Indonesia, may save relatively little money. But it risks weakening American influence in one of the Indo-Pacific's most strategically important regions at a time when Washington says competition with China is its foremost foreign policy priority. The Medan consulate is small compared with the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta or major diplomatic posts elsewhere in Asia.
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Maine's new training ship brings high-tech tools to age-old seafaring Original

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By James Borton
| United Press International (UPI) Verified
CASTINE, Maine, July 30 (UPI) -- The new State of Maine has arrived in historic Castine, where Revolutionary War history and maritime tradition converge on the shores of Penobscot Bay, bringing advanced technology to the Maine Maritime Academy as it trains the next generation of merchant mariners. The $330 million, 525-foot ship is the third of five National Security Multi-Mission Vessels built for the U.S. Maritime Administration. to prepare the next generation of merchant mariners.
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