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Two is company, three’s a crowd: North Korea, China and the United States
North Korea, also known as the ‘Hermit Kingdom’, is a country that for the better half of a century has faced diplomatic and economic...


Trump-Kim Summits: Do the talks yield any success?
When I watched the first handshake between the leader of the capitalist free world and the Stalinist supreme dictator of the most...


Kashmir attack - a recent blow to India and Pakistan’s bloody border
“Borders are scratched across the hearts of men By strangers with a calm, judicial pen. And when the borders bleed we watch with dread...


The Reason for the Thai Royalty’s Family Feud
Like many of its South-East Asian counterparts, Thailand is a state that, while possessing pretensions for democracy, has never fully...


Dr John Hemmings on Chinese Investment and National Security
Dr John Hemmings is the Director of the Asia Studies Centre at the Henry Jackson Society. Last week, he spoke to Warwick Politics Society...


Facial recognition technology needs to be effectively regulated to protect minorities
Does the implementation of facial recognition (FR) software by the Metropolitan Police signal the rise of the surveillance state? Or is...


The Implications of the Philippines’ Eastward Pivot
International politics is not quite the game it used to be; in an age characterised by populist upheaval, declining faith in...


A fight from custody: Hong Kong’s rebellion against China
New HKD1,000 banknotes released by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have on them a panoramic view of the city’s financial centre -...


China's Relationship with Zimbabwe: Is it Fair?
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking to rebuild the country following the November 2017 coup d’état that ousted Robert...


Australia is treating China like the expansionist power it really is
The United States has been the dominant player in the Pacific since the end of World War Two and has a well-established military presence...
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