In today’s Geopolitical Dispatch:
SYRIA. Amid the focus on Lebanon, another conflict threatens to revive.
TAIWAN. CHINA. Beijing runs rings around Taipei.
PAKISTAN. CHINA. Li Qiang visits Islamabad after a spike in violence.
INDIA. CANADA. Delhi and Ottawa escalate a diplomatic spat.
ETHIOPIA. EGYPT. A dispute on the Nile can be traced to Somalia.