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China’s approach to its neighbors in Xi’s new era
Authors: Sun Liping & Isaac Nunoo* The rise of China to the rank of the global powers has drawn attention around the world since...
Saudi Prince Mohammed’s Achilles Heel: Misreading tea leaves in Washington
Emboldened by perceived White House support, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears to have stepped up his risky, so far faltering effort to...
China, USA and North Korea
On October 21 last, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China began their joint exercises in the Sea of Okhotsk, the most...
Trump Softens Towards China Remaining Obstinate On Climate- A Note to Deniers
If there was a striking theme in the Trump Asian trip, it was a clearly less muscular policy towards China. U.S. naval patrols to...
Customary International Law implications of Trump’s withdrawal from Paris Agreement
The ongoing UNFCCC Negotiations at COP 23 in Bonn, Germany shows increasing evidence of Trump’s intention to withdraw from the historic Paris Agreement signed...
The Lebanese crisis
On November 4 last, during the great "purge" within the Saudi elite, the Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, resigned claiming that his life was...
Shale growth, Geopolitical tensions and Re-balancing
It has been a wild ride for oil prices. November 4th, 2017, prime minister of Lebanon Mr. Hariri resigns, at night missiles from rebel...
Is there a change Australia’s nuclear weapons position under Turnbull?
Since the early 1970s, Australian Governments have been strongly supportive of nuclear non-proliferation under the definitions of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), signed by the...
Behind the arrangement of “state visit plus” for President Trump in China
Authors: Wang Li & Yang Yi-zhong* According to a conventional argument, with no heir apparent and his power firmly consolidated, Chinese President Xi Jinping...
Trump Assessment on Election Anniversary
It is a year since Donald J. Trump's election as president on November 8, 2016, and a couple of months less since his inauguration. ...