Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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China’s BRI Diplomacy: What it Means to India and India’s Rise
...Introduction: In the post-COVID-19 world order, particularly, amidst intensifying great power competition and changing regional and global power dynamics, infrastructural advancement has taken on new and expanded significance. However,...
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What to Make of Kim Yo Jong’s Verbal Attack of South Korea’s Defense Minister
...Introduction: Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a leading voice on inter-Korean relations, said on Sunday that “South Korea may...
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Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership
...Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, offers an insight-filled account of the evolution of the relationship between the United States and Kazakhstan. Given the U.S.’ interest in...
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Japan’s Stance on a United Korea: Ambivalence or Realpolitik?
...range of factors have resulted in increasing the threat levels in the region. The ongoing China-US rivalry; Debilitating aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected the region’s stability; Russia-China...
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India’s Act East Policy: Finding Opportunities in Post-Pandemic Adversities
...Abstract: India’s Act East Policy has fallen short of its promised potential due to factors like China’s increasing influence in the region, rising tensions between India and China, and...
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From Europe, Yoon Suk Yeol Calls for International Cooperation on North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Threats
...Introduction: The leaders of the United States, South Korea, and Japan met in Madrid on Wednesday. Held on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meetings this...
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Tokyo’s Power Projection: The NATO Calculus
...Russian invasion in Ukraine. This year has been a significant turning point for geopolitical allegiances between state actors and reconfiguration of security mechanisms: The China-Russia “no-limits” friendship forged right before...
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After the India-US Civil Nuclear Agreement: Assessing India’s Responsible Nuclear Status in Global Governance
...create an unfair hierarchical system in global governance. However, in spite of contesting these norms that govern nuclear practices, India has been successful in gaining de facto recognition from the...
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Kazakhstan’s June Referendum: Accelerating Reform
...Introduction: The violence of January 2022 exposed both the demand for greater change in Kazakhstan’s society, as well as elite conflicts involving influential forces seeking to block President Kassym-Jomart...
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Taiwan and Palau – Recognition’s Many Facets
...Introduction: The tiny Pacific nation of Palau caught headlines when it co-hosted the seventh “Our Ocean Conference” in mid-April this year. For Palau’s president, Surangel Whipps Jr, the hybrid...