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US Foreign Policy: The impact of the War on Terror on the Uyghur people
By Carlotta Rinaudo Flickr, 2009. In June 2019 former President Donald Trump publicly signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, imposing sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for the oppression...
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Vietnam: a power on the rise?
By Carlotta Rinaudo The lush vegetation of the Mekong Delta (Credit: Carlotta Rinaudo, 2017) In April 1975 the Vietnam War was over. Roads and bridges were left in rubble, and orphans were walking...
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U.S. governmental incentives on semiconductors are central to Great Power...
Photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash Microchips, also called semiconductors or integrated circuits, can be thinner than a human hair and smaller than a postage stamp, but their power can be immeasurable....
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Sino-ASEAN relations: a marriage in crisis?
The 18th ASEAN-China Summit in Kuala Lumpur, November 2015 , Licensed via Creative Commons The partnership between China and ASEAN countries has seen its ups and downs. The period between 2003 and 2013...
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Chinese cyber coercion in the Asia-Pacific? Recent cyber operations in South...
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Writings on Chinese cyber operations tend to focus on cyber espionage and the stealing of state secrets for China’s military modernisation. Comparatively in...
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Is China a security threat to the liberal international order?
People’s Liberation Army’s parade in 2015. Licensed under Creative Commons. China has enjoyed tremendous economic growth over the last thirty years and is on course to remain a key growth engine for...
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The Belt and Road Initiative in Italy: a distorted reality
2000 years ago, two great civilizations dominated each ends of the ancient Silk Road. At its most Eastern point was China’s Han dynasty, which knew very little of the other mysterious empire that...
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Chinese Patriotic War Cinema and the Rise of China’s National Consciousness
Photo Credit: Fay Lee on Unsplash China’s growing assertiveness has become increasingly visible in recent years. These developments were most recently demonstrated by the success of the Chinese Korean...
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Beyond Beijing: Russia in the Indo-Pacific
Russian Missile Cruiser Varyag. Photo Credit: Phil King, licensed via Creative Commons. Russia’s military power in the Indo-Pacific is often confined analytically to the Sino-Russian relationship...
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Passports and the New Cold War
By the latter half of the Trump administration, punditry was firmly centred on the development of a new Cold War. While some focus on a revisionist Russia, others see the primary conflict of the 21st...
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