Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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North Korea’s Pandemic Conundrum: Self-Containment and Humanitarian Crisis
...Abstract: North Korea acknowledged its healthcare crisis this May and retreated to the Zero-COVID policy under self-containment, which they adopted in early 2020. Pyongyang also perceived economic stresses when...
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China: Can It Control Japan’s Taiwan Policy?
...Introduction: China’s reaction to US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was resolute. The military exercises with live-fire drill were a nearly Pavlovian reaction suggesting they...
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The G7’s oil price cap is a perilous gamble
...Introduction: Right before Russia’s Gazprom completely stifled gas flows through the Nord Stream I pipeline, G7 leaders had agreed in early September to implement a price cap on Russian...
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Yoon Suk-yeol’s Audacious Initiative for Denuclearization Will Fail
...Introduction: In the wake of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s August 15 remarks on his “audacious initiative” as a masterplan for the denuclearization of North Korea, Pyongyang slammed the...
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Taiwan in Tokyo’s 2022 Defense White Paper: Reconfiguring Security Imperatives?
...This article was originally posted on the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (JFSS) website, you can find the article here. A few days prior to the highly controversial...
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India’s Cyber Security Policy: Strategic Convergence and Divergence with Quad
...a good leadership role in this regard through the Joint Cyber Principles of Quad Cybersecurity Partnership. India has had a cyber-security policy since 2013 and has since been working to...
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Will Pyongyang’s NATO Tirades Pay Dividends?
...Introduction: As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit was being held in Madrid, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK or North Korea) state media outlet Korean Central...
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Japan’s Historic Moment: Global Challenges Necessitate Policy Evolution
...challenging and shaping Japan’s historic moments. The piece asserts that while the assassination of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed that Japan is not immune to domestic threats, it is incorrect...
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Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Lending Hands Come with Claws
...Abstract: With the economic crisis unfolding in Sri Lanka, there is a renewed interest in better understanding and analyzing the Belt and Road Initiative to prevent nations from both...
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Clean-Energy Supply Chains in the Indo-Pacific: Prioritizing the Quad’s Role
...In recognition of the Indo-Pacific region being vital to the clean-energy transition, the ‘Indo-Pacific Clean Energy Supply Chain Forum’ was hosted in July 2022 by Australia with support from...