Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Reforming South Korea’s “Imperial Presidency”
...South Korea’s constitution vests too much power in the office of the president, which raises the risk of the post being misused. This was brought dramatically into focus earlier...
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Bad Solutions in a Complex Situation: China’s Relations with North Korea
...China’s relations with North Korea are complex with a variety of bad choices and suboptimal solutions. It could be argued that the actor that has lost most in the...
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Sounds, Silences and Turkey’s Crumbling Core
...Since the failed coup of July 2016, Turkey’s spiralling descent ever deeper into authoritarianism has been characterized by arbitrary arrests and widespread abuses of even the draconian powers...
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The European Union’s Political and Security Engagement with Central Asia: How to Move Forward
...Despite an ambitious set of policy initiatives for Central Asia, the EU is punching below its weight in a region where Russia and China are far more influential....
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Iran’s Azerbaijan Question in Evolution: Identity, Society, and Regional Security
...Executive Summary Iranian Azerbaijanis have historically been considered the country’s most loyal ethno-linguistic minority. Predominantly Shiite, with religion being the most important source of collective identity, Turkophone Azerbaijanis had...
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Walking for Justice: The Path Forward for Turkey’s Opposition
...With his call for justice, which is a concept and a call that resonates among vast swathes of the population, CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has positioned himself as...
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South Korea’s Air Pollution: Gasping for Solutions
...Tackling South Korea’s deteriorating air pollution is an urgent issue for the new administration in Seoul. However, there are no quick-fix solutions to the problem. In this Policy Brief,...
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S borde värna Sveriges akademiska frihet
...visar att det knappast sker utifrån en styrkeposition, skriver företrädare för Academic Rights Watch i en replik. Det är mycket glädjande att se högskoleministern Helene Hellmark Knutsson och Europaparlamentarikern Marita...
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Turkey & Qatar’s Support for Extremist Groups
...President Trump made clear in Sunday’s Riyadh speech that America stands by countries willing to fight Islamist extremism. A welcome opportunity to revisit our relationship with two ostensible allies,...
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Turkey’s Authoritarian Legacy
...It’s tempting to blame the country’s recent slide into repression on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s thirst for personal power. But did the ruling Islamist party ever really abandon the...