Search results for: S. Enders Wimbush
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Conference Report: What’s in It for Sweden? Toward a Shared Agenda for Swedish East Asia Research
...On April 26-27, 2018, the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) organized the second installment of the conference series East Asia Research in Sweden. The first conference in...
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The Myth of Erdogan’s Power
...Far from a sultan, the Turkish president is hemmed in by the nationalists who back him—and they don’t want him to get too close to Russia. This month, Turkish...
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Turkey’s election reveals the durability of nationalism
...Suat Kiniklioglu was formerly deputy chairman of external affairs for Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) before parting ways in 2012. He is a senior fellow at the Institute...
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Will the Kurdish Question Secure Erdoğan’s Re-election?
...The Kurdish question may serve President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, helping to secure his re-election. The election campaign has demonstrated that Erdoğan no longer energizes the masses; after fifteen...
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A Reset for U.S.-DPRK Relations: The Path Ahead
...A hugely anticipated meeting of longtime adversaries, the June 12 Summit in Singapore between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un combined momentous gravity with theatrical spectacle. Resulting in...
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The Washington-Seoul Alliance in the Time of North Korea’s Denuclearization
...Following a dangerous escalation of tensions last year, few could have envisaged the rapid turnaround in events witnessed so far amidst a flurry of high-level summit diplomacy. Although the...
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The U.S. Should Go Around Erdogan to Engage Turkey
...Following recent clashes at the Gaza-Israel border, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has broken his tenuous two-year cease-fire with Israel and returned to spewing invective at the Jewish state....
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If Not North Korea, Who Will Be Japan’s Chief Antagonist?
...The last year has seen sharp turns in the relationships between North Korea and its neighbors. After tough rhetoric back and forth between the United States and North Korea,...
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Turkey’s Emergency Election: The Primacy of Raison d’etat
...It is not President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “power hunger” that accounts for Turkey’s snap presidential and general election. Instead, raison d’état is behind this event, which will enshrine presidential...
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Amending Japan’s Pacifist Constitution
...Summary Japan’s 1947 constitution has lasted longer without amendment than any other constitution in the world. It has been called the “pacifist constitution” because of Article 9’s renunciation of...