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The US and South Korea: A Fracturing Alliance?
27 June 2017
2017 Survey of Foreign Policy Elites
16 February 2017
The Start of the Brexit Negotiations
20 June 2017
Sweden’s Choice: NATO or the Nuclear Ban?
22 September 2017
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1 June 2017
US Military Exercises In Korea: If You Want Peace, Don’t Listen To China’s Proposal
Commentary, 31 August 2017Peter Roberts
To de-escalate tensions between the US and North Korea, China has suggested halting Pyongyang’s nuclear test programme and missile firings in exchange for a suspension of all US and South Korean...
Doklam Plateau: A Challenge to China’s Great Power Ambitions?
Commentary, 25 August 2017Amrita Jash
Will China's face off with India over the Doklam Plateau put a dent in Beijing's bid to be seen as a responsible world power?
China, India, Pacific, Central and South Asia
ROKing the Boat: US Nuclear Weapons in South Korea?
Commentary, 22 August 2017Emil Dall and Cristina Varriale
South Korea’s main opposition party has called for the reintroduction of US nuclear weapons on the peninsula. This is just posturing and not a good idea, but could reopen a debate in South Korea...
Defence, Industries and Society, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
Robust International Peacekeeping: Is Asia Up to the Task?
Commentary, 17 August 2017Ewan Lawson and Veerle Nouwens
A political dispute in Japan over an alleged cover-up in a UN peacekeeping operation in South Sudan highlights a bigger regional problem with international operations that are no longer about...
United Nations, Japan, International Institutions, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Pacific
Brexit and Sanctions: Can the UK Lead From Behind?
Commentary, 14 August 2017Tom Keatinge
Whitehall is consulting on new sanctions legislation fit for the country’s diminished global position.
UK, Europe
Can Bulgaria Make Macedonia’s EU and NATO Dreams Come True?
Commentary, 11 August 2017Andreja Bogdanovski
Old disputes between Sofia and Skopje have been put aside, as Bulgaria prepares to take over the Presidency of the EU in January 2018. However, old rivalries between the two countries, and Macedonia'...
International Institutions, Europe
Pulling Out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran: And Then What?
Commentary, 9 August 2017Albert B Wolf
For all the Sturm und Drang over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, neither side has answered the crucial question the Trump administration faces if it abrogates the deal: ‘And...
Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, Iran, Americas, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Middle East and North Africa
Pakistan’s Game of Thrones: Does Sharif’s Removal Signal the End of Dynastic Politics?
Commentary, 8 August 2017Kamal Alam
As the dust settles on the forced resignation of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a debate continues to rage over the nature of judicial oversight over a political system often dogged by...
Pakistan, Central and South Asia
US, Europe and Sanctions Against Russia: A Parting of the Ways?
Commentary, 3 August 2017Tom Keatinge
Criticism in Brussels of new US sanctions, which come into effect today, shines a light on the weakness of the EU’s response to Russia.
United States, Americas, Russia, Europe
India and China: Will the Doklam Row Plateau Off?
Commentary, 2 August 2017Shashank Joshi
Since mid-June, India and China have been locked in the most serious crisis between the two countries in 30 years.
China, India, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Sweden’s Choice: NATO or the Nuclear Ban?
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