Many observers believe that the root cause of the current political turmoil is the pent-up frustration over the difficult living conditions of the masses in Hong Kong.
Tag: asia
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Is there any room for international diplomacy to prevent the current situation from escalating into a conflict between India and Pakistan?
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The question of whether China should join the INF Treaty is frequently mentioned in policy debates.
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Exaggerated fears about growing Chinese power can become a cause of conflict. The same logic applies in cyberspace.
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It is important to consider what is at stake if the status of women in Afghanistan is not clarified during peace negotiations.
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President Vladimir Putin is yet to meet his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un, who has already held four summits with Chinese President Xi Jinping, three with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and one with United States President Donald Trump.
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While the natural endowments, economic structures, and demographics are very different between the two countries, there are several aspects of Vietnam’s early transition experience that seem relevant for North Korea today.
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Overall, the government’s foreign and security policy priorities have indeed been primarily focused on northern Syrian territories controlled by the YPG. There are, however, important domestic considerations.
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Developing country status may have made sense when China joined the WTO in 2001. But today, China is the second largest economy in the world and the largest when calculated by purchasing power parity.
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Xi Jinping is widely viewed as the strongest leader China has had since Deng Xiaoping or Mao Zedong. But six years into his perhaps indefinite tenure, what has Xi actually accomplished?
