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The Geography of an Unfinished War.<\/h2>\n

By Raghu Kondori, \u00a0in \u201cThe Jerusalem Strategic Tribune\u201d<\/h2>\n

Why the Taiwan Strait is not only a political dispute, but a structural fault line in the Indo-Pacific balance of power<\/p>\n

The conflict between China and Taiwan is often presented through the language of crisis: military exercises, elections, speeches, sanctions, visits, and diplomatic warnings. But the real importance of Taiwan does not come from any single event. It comes from geography, energy, technology, ideology, and the long-term architecture of power in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on\u00a0the\u00a0Jerusalem Strategic Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n

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