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On the plus side, it is economically easy for the U.S. to head off the problem.

But in a paradox of global warming, thawing ice isn’t making Arctic waters easier to navigate.

SHANGHAI—For Western companies in China, a new reality has set in: The easy money is gone and competition is only getting fiercer.

Flying a drone over the Caribbean is easier than over Ukraine, where electronic warfare has rendered many American-made drones ineffective or unusable, and the distances are shorter than in a hypothetical China-Taiwan conflict.

“Stoppard’s new play can’t be hung with one of those preprinted tags that theater critics carry in their pockets for easy labeling,” he wrote.