Asia
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Could Cyprus Hold the Answer to the War in Ukraine?
While Ukraine isn’t exactly “like Cyprus,” there are intriguing similarities that raise the possibility of a solution along similar lines.…
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Erdoğan’s Turkey: NATO’s Trojan Horse Moment
The grossly autocratic one-man show in Turkey, a NATO member, features none of that. According to the 2021 Democracy Index…
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Revealed: America’s Secret Military Deployment on British Cyprus
The US Air Force has had a base on British territory on Cyprus for nearly half a century, but its…
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Japan eyes EEZ to build more offshore wind power farms
Offshore wind farms are currently being built in Japan’s territorial waters within 12 nautical miles (around 22 kilometers) from the…
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Managing Palestine’s Looming Leadership Transition
It remains unclear how a successor will be chosen ICG Elections are the best way, but Abbas and his circle…
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I’ve spent years studying happiness – here’s what actually makes for a happier life
I didn’t get a true taste of happiness until I quit my decade-long career as a happiness academic, packed all…
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Inside Britain’s Military Dictatorship in the Mediterranean
The UK retains two chunks of Cyprus for military and spying purposes, which are under the control of a Kafkaesque…
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Averting a New War between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Brussels must give the mission the means and mandate it will need to succeed. ICG What’s new? In January 2023,…
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Why has the West given billions in military aid to Ukraine, but virtually ignored Myanmar?
The democratic opposition, fronted by the National Unity Government (NUG), but comprising many different groups, armies, militias and individuals, has…
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Only America Can Resolve the Cyprus Question
In 2013, a political counselor at the Turkish embassy in Washington asked me out to lunch to discuss my plans…
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Myanmar opium production surges since coup, UN finds
Production of opium has flourished in Myanmar since the military’s seizure of power, with the cultivation of poppies up by a third…
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USA should first drop cases on Assange, before yapping on India banning BBC Documentary
The Doble standards have been exposed when the US Department yapped that it is high time to highlight the importance…
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The Erosion of Democracy Is Contagious
The United States still is the biggest single influence on democracy worldwide, but it has often become less a promoter…
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The Significance of the Vietnam-Indonesia Exclusive Economic Zone Demarcation
The recent agreement between Vietnam and Indonesia on delimiting their respective exclusive economic zones provides hope for the strengthening of…
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Sea level rise may threaten Indonesia’s status as an archipelagic country
The recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report found global sea levels have been rising at an accelerated rate.…
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BBM: South China Sea issue keeping me ‘up at night, day, most of the time’
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday (Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland) said the South China Sea dispute “keeps him up…
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