US and China: tussle on the seas

By Urs Schöttli That the centre of gravity in the world economy is rapidly shifting to Asia is a common percepti­on. While the Americans and the Europeans see their future clouded by massive debts, pr­ospects look bright for Asia with its burgeoning middle cla­s­s and its new prosperity. Ho­wever, shifts are not only occurring in the global economy, they also happen in geopolitics.The rise of Asia will also imply that several open as well as hidden conflicts on and aro­und the

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