Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Xi Jinping’s Strategic Choice
…Stalin should be praised for his efforts to modernize the Soviet Union, while Khrushchev was too influenced by the West and Gorbachev’s glasnost and perestroika paved the way…
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Japan’s Vaccine Diplomacy toward a “Polio-Free” World
…In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, we tend to forget about other infectious diseases, including polio, but the significance of routine vaccination should not be forgotten even in the…
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Reframing France’s Relationship with AUKUS
…The formation of the trilateral security partnership AUKUS and the subsequent cancellation of a billion-dollar submarine deal – also described as the “contract of the century” – has…
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Defending the Indo-Pacific: The UK’s Cooperation with Japan and India
…Since the release of the Integrated Review in March 2021 outlining the United Kingdom’s strategy with regards to the shifting centre of geo-political tensions – the ‘tilt’ to…
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Geopolitics of Japan’s Digital Currencies: Implications for the Russia-Ukraine War
…Digital currencies, such as central bank digital currency (CBDC), electronic money, and cryptocurrency, have strategic implications for Japan’s economic security which could be inevitably influenced and conditioned by…
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Xi Jinping’s Political Course
…well qualified to pursue a political course acceptable to different factions within the Party. He seemed to belong neither to the group with a background in the Communist Youth League,…
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Notes from a Country of Origin: Iraq’s Position in the EU-Belarus Border Crisis
…The ongoing crisis between the European Union (EU) and Belarus is often examined through the lens of EU member states’ relations with Minsk, or how Brussels should respond…
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China’s Sixth Plenary Session: A Historical Resolution for the CCP Centennial
…The 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) sixth plenary session held in Beijing from November 8 to 11 is one of the most important events…
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Japan’s Green Accounting Agenda: Climate Commitment or Reputation Management?
…On October 5th, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) hosted the third annual Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) summit. Officials and industry leaders gathered…
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Winds of Change in South Korea’s Gender Debate
…(This is the first blog post in a series of similar posts on gender equality in South Korea – Click here for the second post in the series)…