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Legislative elections in South Korea
In the elections held on April 13, 2016 all the 300 seats of the Seoul National Assembly were renewed. 253 members of Parliament were...
Could ASEAN Become a Pacific NATO?
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a union of nations that was born out of a desire for economic modernization and...
World military spending resumes upward course
World military expenditure totaled almost $1.7 trillion in 2015, an increase of 1 per cent in real terms from 2014, according to new figures...
The Summit on nuclear weapons and the North Korean issue
Currently the strategic and global nuclear balance develops on the basis of three factors which are closely interwoven. The first one is related to...
The North Korean strategic issue
Currently North Korea has turned from a regional threat into an unpredictable global strategic player. This implies that, in the future, we will need...
US Foreign Policy Challenges in East Asia
Despite the media’s constant barrage of news pertaining to the Middle East, another region that is strategically imperative to the US is East Asia....
One-Belt One-Road: A ride through the well connected region
The One-Belt One-Road initiative has significantly come up with the manifold opportunities enabling China to connect with the rest of the region through the...
The shocking truth about MH370
In early March 2014, the world was captivated in a way never seen before by the news of a missing Malaysian Airlines flight from...
The New Silk Road: Plan for Chinese Hegemony
The newly inaugurated “One Belt, One Road” initiative had its first trip with a shipment arriving in Tehran from China . China has undertaken...
The new North Korean satellite
On February 7, 2016 (Juche 105), the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un orbited an earth observation satellite called Kwangmyonsong-4. This launch is part...