Socially and culturally, Beijing seeks more discursive power and a higher degree of allegiance from the Hong Kong community.
Tag: asia
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Chinese and Russian concerns could be further aggravated by the recent revelation that the Pentagon has, for the past three years, been using cyber and electronic strikes to thwart North Korea’s missile program.
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The scandal may also rock some of the foreign policy decisions promoted by the Park administration.
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Women in Afghanistan—particularly in southern and rural areas—do not have a robust knowledge of formal peace processes or how to sustain peace.
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According to a May 2016 think tank poll, nearly 74% of South Koreans supported THAAD deployment, up 12.5% from 2015.
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Where is the UN in the biggest challenge to peace and security in the most populous and prosperous region in the world?
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The drone strike against Mansour seems ill-advised—at least if the purpose was to weaken the Taliban militarily, and to protect US soldiers in Afghanistan and their local Afghan allies.
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Already this week, Japan and South Korea have imposed new sanctions, while the United States has now passed “secondary sanctions” legislation, potentially targeting third parties such as Chinese firms doing business with North Korea.
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Pakistan today faces a fundamental choice on whether or not it will continue to pursue its illogical counterterrorism policies, which have largely backfired and now threaten key institutions of the state.
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After nearly eight years of relative tranquility in the Taiwan Strait, voters on January 16th elected the country’s first female president, giving the pro-Taiwan DPP control of parliament for the first time ever.
