Search results for: Julian Tucker
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Between Scandals & Elections: Sino-Austrian Relations in the Era of Sharp Power
Introduction Li Zhanshu, the Chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and the country’s top legislator, visited Austria in May 2019 during his tour...
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Economic Dreams and Geopolitical Realities: How will the India-China-Russian Dynamic Unfold in Greater Central Asia?
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Greater Central Asia (GCA) has undertaken various efforts to reshape the political and economic landscape of Asia. This has driven a...
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Religion and the Secular State in Kazakhstan
Executive Summary At independence, Kazakhstan shared with the successor states to the Soviet Union the challenge of replacing Soviet atheism with new state approaches to religion. Like the...
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From Hybrid Tactics to Invasion – Lesson for China from UkraineAs the Russian military build-up along the borders with Ukraine has yielded to a full-scale military invasion, media coverage has soared and unverified frontline information has proliferated….
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Taiwan-Honduras Relations Hanging by a ThreadOn November 28, Hondurans will take to the polls in a presidential election that will likely have a major impact on the Central American nation’s foreign policy….
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Beijing and Beirut at Cross-RoadsThis week marks the 50th anniversary of China and Lebanon establishing diplomatic relations in November 1971. Much has changed since then for both Beijing and Beirut, but…
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People’s Tribunal versus People’s RepublicThis weekend something unusual is going to happen. From June 4th to 7th an independent tribunal in the UK will hear evidence about human rights abuses against…
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Deferred Results: China’s Seventh National Population CensusEvery ten years the Chinese government dispatches teams of census takers throughout the country to compile data on its population. Accurate information about the people who live…
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China’s Afforestation Efforts: Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees?In June 2020 Beijing announced a 15-year ecological protection plan , part of a wider drive in China to press ahead with nation-wide environmental protection ambitions ….
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Macau’s Moment: China’s Other Special Administrative RegionWhile demonstrations in Hong Kong have grown in scope and intensity this summer, little attention has been paid to China’s other former European colony turned Special Administrative…