Search results for: Brian Iselin
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Two Tines, One Fork: China’s De-dollarisation and Bond Issuance Drive Economic Independence
...dumping a record amount of US bonds. Business Insider. Retrieved from https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/bonds/china-dollar-dominance-dollarization-treasury-bond-yields-gold-buying-spree-2024-5 Iselin, B. (2024), Beyond Debt: How China’s Ultralong Bonds Could Reshape Global Geopolitics. Institute for Security and Development...
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Strategic Trade Dynamics: Unpacking De-risking and De-coupling in EU-China Relations
...Lithuania’s trade relations, highlighting both the challenges and the geopolitical dimensions of de-coupling (Schultz, 2021; Iselin, 2024). Lithuania is a shining example of how solidarity can enable de-coupling and de-coupling...
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The Iron Lady of the Baltics Poised to Reshape EU Foreign Policy
The European Union’s foreign policy landscape is bracing for seismic upheaval as Kaja Kallas, Estonia’s indomitable Prime Minister and outspoken critic of Russian belligerence, emerges as the frontrunner...
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Hegemony at a Crossroads: The Inverse Dynamics of China’s Global Strategy
Here is my bold statement. Hard power projection decimates soft power but only for authoritarian states. In the early 21st century, I was living in Beijing and at...
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Beyond Debt: How China’s Ultralong Bonds Could Reshape Global Geopolitics
In a bid to revitalize its sluggish economy, China has announced the sale of $140 billion in ultralong bonds. This financial manoeuvre is set in a context marked...
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Strategic Standoffs: How Repeated Games Illuminate the Future of South China Sea Disputes
Introduction The motivation to put this piece together was observing the recent bizarre and, dare I say, childish behaviour of the Chinese Coast Guard in the South China...
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Uncharted Territory: Exploring the Legal Ramifications of NATO’s Hypothetical Involvement in Taiwan
You might just have been living under a rock to not have noticed that recently there has been a change in tone at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation...
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Taiwan’s Energy Transition: Opportunities for Collaboration with Sweden and the EU
Taiwan has a moment now to define its future energy development. As an island nation with limited natural resources, Taiwan has historically relied heavily on imported energy sources,...
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The Lithuanian Gambit
There is a great deal of conjecture and analysis at present telling us there is emerging a Sino-Russian alliance. If it is so, and it looks to me...
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Navigating Uncertainty: How Multinationals Can Hedge Against Rising Tensions in the Taiwan Straits
When geopolitical tensions in critical regions can reshape the landscape of global trade overnight, multinationals are finding it increasingly necessary to adopt sophisticated risk management strategies. The Taiwan...