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Dalai Lama lineage faces uncertain future
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 08/07/2015
» On the 80th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama, who has been in exile in India since 1959, Tibet's future looks more uncertain than ever. During his reign, the current Dalai Lama has seen his homeland - the world's largest and highest plateau - lose its independence to China. Once he dies, China is likely to install a puppet as his successor, potentially eroding the institution.
Friendless China mourns loss of North Korea
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 16/02/2014
» At a time when China's territorial assertiveness has strained its ties with many countries in the region, and its once-tight hold on Myanmar has weakened, its deteriorating relationship with North Korea, once its vassal, renders it a power with no real allies. The question now is whether the US and other powers can use this development to create a diplomatic opening to North Korea that could help transform northeast Asia's fraught geopolitics.