Search results for: S. Enders Wimbush
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Turkey’s Russia Affair
...Turkey’s deepening partnership with Russia needs to be situated within a larger context. Turkey is moving closer toward Russia at a time when the West is beset by...
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Hong Kong in China’s Geopolitical Gaze
...Dr. Phil C.W. Chan and Dr. Niklas Swanström return to the ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong, examining the challenges they present for China. They unravel the international dimensions of...
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Hong Kong’s Summer of Rage
...Tiananmen Square protests, and the 100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement where Marxist ideas began to take hold in the country. The year has turned out to be equally...
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Negotiating North Korea’s Nukes
...Summary • Nearly three decades of stop-start negotiations have failed to achieve North Korea’s denuclearization or the signing of a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War. •...
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Policies to Please Political Partners: The Development of Japan’s Intelligence Policy in the 21st Century
...“Japan should move promptly to adopt the security protections required to make its inclusion in Five Eyes a realistic possibility.” Armitage and Nye (2018: 9) Introduction In 2018, Japan...
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The Philippines’ Reaction to Pompeo’s Interpretation of the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty
...At the joint press conference with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin on 1 March 2019, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, after attacking China by stating that “China’s...
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China’s Anti-Poverty Efforts: Problems and Progress
...China’s poverty alleviation efforts have enjoyed political support from the highest levels of government since the Deng Xiaoping era. It is little surprise, therefore, that Xi Jinping has continued...
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Pacifist Identity, Civics Textbooks, and the Opposition to Japan’s Security Legislation
...Summary: This article looks at how Japanese national identity is constructed in Japanese junior high school civics textbooks and how that narrative relates to recent Japanese security policy. The...
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How to Score the U.S.-DPRK Hanoi Summit
...Summary: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un will soon meet for the 2nd U.S.-DPRK summit in Hanoi. How should we score the outcome of this historic meeting?...
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Managing Connectivity Conflict: EU-India Cooperation and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
...Executive Summary Connectivity initiatives are the latest geopolitical tool for advancing influence in international relations and diplomacy. Against the backdrop of an emerging connectivity conflict, the responsibility is on...