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China Steps Up Military Patrols Around Scarborough Shoal Amid Renewed Philippines Tensions

China has intensified its military presence around the disputed...

Qatar Revives US-Iran Peace Efforts as Nuclear Dispute Threatens Negotiations

Qatari mediators have returned to Tehran in a renewed...

When the Fighting Stops but the Conflict Doesn’t: Afghanistan and the Limits of Negative Peace

Peace is often understood as the absence of war....

North Korea Expands Drone and AI Weapons Programme as Tensions With South Korea Rise

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for...

Economics of Nuclear Power

It’s all about organized lightening. Lights, sparks, brightness are symbol of life. It enables us to see the world with more clear vision. When...

Kazakhstan’s Economy is Rising, Yet Again Driven by Oil

Kazakhstan’s economic growth estimate for 2017 has been revised upwards from 2.4% to 3.7%, reflecting a better-than-expected oil sector performance, driven by the launch...

Changing utility business models and electricity investment in Europe

Authors: Michael Waldron and Yoko Nobuoka The traditional utility business model of selling electricity from large-scale thermal power plants and expanding grids to meet...

Beating the big smoke

Londoners are used to inhaling poison. In Victorian Britain, the sickly brown smog that blanketed the capital was known as a “pea-souper”, so thick...

Managing the South China Sea: Where Policy Meets Science

The South China Sea is in a crisis. The problems facing the sea are as vast, deep and seemingly intractable as the oceans themselves....

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When the Fighting Stops but the Conflict Doesn’t: Afghanistan and the Limits of Negative Peace

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North Korea Expands Drone and AI Weapons Programme as Tensions With South Korea Rise

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for...

The Northern Sea Route Is a Hedge, Not a Highway

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