Category: Asia Pacific
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Xi’s G20 excuses
Xi Jinping has disappeared and he is not going to India for the G20 next week. Is there more intrigue or is it a matter of tension between India and China that excuses him from the summit. But like everything in China, you just do not know what the truth is, just a matter of…
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Blinken did a hell of a job
“Blinken did a hell of a job,” said Biden, when talking about his Secretary of States visit to China. “I had a candid, substantive meetings. We must make sure that competition does not move into conflict,” said Blinken. The US has moved on from the last meeting between Biden and Xi Jinping, which took part…
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Power politics
Beijing has made an argument for the cessation of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine. But underlying it are a number of issues that will not end the war at the present moment. IN their plan they argue for an immediate end to the fighting and for peace talks to begin. But that would leave Ukraine…
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President Xi’s visit to Russia
China has argued in their twelve point peace plan that territorial integrity is paramount. They argue that the war should end and that the integrity of Ukraine should be respected under the United Nations recognition of its borders. Putin argues that the war will continue because he has now signed agreements with China for trade.…
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Does China have a say in Ukraine
China has a role in the conflict in Ukraine, but surprisingly it is a role determined by the values that it shares with Russia. China is now Russia’s largest client for gas and oil production. The market is now valued at $250 billion, but when compared to the trade Russia had with Europe, it is…
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Korber Stiftung – Conference in Berlin
With Britain gone from Europe, there needs to be a coordinated voice in Europe, and the Berlin Forum, hosted by Korber Stiftung, explores the themes and concerns that are key elements to Germany’s foreign policy. Critical ideas and conceptual understanding of events in Ukraine have shaken Europe, and has challenged the essence of European hegemony because…
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Chinese and British Imperialism
John Darwin argued that a formal empire could be defined by a sustained effort to assimilate a country to the political, economic or cultural system of another power. (John Darwin (1997) SS 9.2). Britain a maritime power and China a land-based empire, initially took significantly different approaches to the expansion of their empires and how…
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COP 27
This article explores the concerns, events and questions that should be on the agenda at COP 27
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AUKUS –
This is an article written in 2021, it explores the reasons behind Australia, United Kingdom and the United States reasoning for coming to a strategic partnership. AUKUS is probably one of the biggest gambles the US and UK have made, it is an argument to challenge and influence the politics in Asia, the Indo-Pacific, and…
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