Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Myanmar’s Mineral Resources: Boon or Bane for the Peace Process?
...As investors look to tap into new opportunities in Myanmar’s resource and mining sectors they risk undermining the fragile peace process and provoking tensions between the government and armed...
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Crystallizing Faultlines: Turkey’s Democratic Durability At Risk
...with parties reinforcing the divide by shoring up their respective core support bases. This trend brings with it the attendant danger of a more polarized Turkey and ushering in an...
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Reinventing Human Security: Lessons from Chinggis Khan’s Biography
...The concept of human security has enjoyed some prominence in development and security studies/policy, especially within several Asian nations. While criticized as too broad for policy application, human security...
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India’s Shale Gas Boom: Dream or Reality?
...As India prepares for the release of its long anticipated shale gas policy, pressure continues to mount on New Delhi. An increase in coal imports over the past 12...
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Perils of the Drug Trade: Implications and Challenges of Central Asia’s “Northern Route”
...The international trade in Afghan drugs is one of the most significant transnational threats emanating from Central Asia. Exacerbated by weak border management, corruption, and lack of income-generating alternatives,...
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Kachin Unrest: China’s Mixed Blessing (republished)
...Unrest in Myanmar’s northeastern Kachin state is a headache for Beijing. Yet it is also an opportunity to promote Chinese strategic aims in the country. China wants what Myanmar...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Turkey’s Internal Power Struggle
...In recent weeks, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has become increasingly outspoken in his criticism of the highly politicized court cases, such as Ergenekon and Sledgehammer, that have...
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China’s Risk Equation: Using Military Forces in International Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Activities
...China’s first use of its military forces to undertake international humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) mission was in 2002. Since then it has been involved in 12 missions...
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North Korea’s Fourth Satellite Launch Attempt
...North Korea has announced that it will attempt another satellite launch between December 10 and 22. As North Korea has an active nuclear weapons program and launching a satellite...
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Reforming Vietnam’s Rural Economy
...This year it is predicted that Vietnam’s economy will slump to a level not seen since 1999. As a result of this and factional in-fighting over this issue, on...