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CSIS: Ernest Bower (@BowerCSIS) and Gregory Poling (@GregPoling) May 7, 2014 Tensions between China and Vietnam over the disputed South China Sea are at their highest levels in years. On May 2, the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) placed its deep sea drilling rig...

After the [thus far] successful protests in Egypt, tensions have risen in other Middle Eastern nations as citizens seek similar changes in what is being termed the Facebook revolution. Libya grew particularly violent earlier today as the government vowed to crackdown on protests. As a result...