Word: borderlanders
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...Taiwan Strait, not the East European borderland between democracy and communism, is now the most dangerous place on Earth. If any country is going to be a strategic threat to the U.S., it will be China, not Russia. There are growing local political challenges to the continued presence of American bases in South Korea and Okinawa, which makes Asia, not Europe, the likely place for employing new military technologies?like pilotless planes or weapons platforms positioned "over the horizon." Since Washington's last thoroughgoing review of its defense policy, its relationship with key allies in Asia has also expanded. Australia...