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Tag: foreign policy

19 Sep 2022 International Relations Today

Africa: the theatre of the new cold war between Russia and the West?

23 May 2022 International Relations Today

China’s Long Hand: Is the Belt and Road Initiative purely an instrument of Chinese economic policy?

1 Nov 2021 International Relations Today

Another Brick in the Autocratic Wall: Afghanistan joins the “Association of Autocracies”

27 Sep 2021 International Relations Today

Gender and geopolitical (in)stability: the case of Afghanistan

28 Jun 202128 Jun 2021 International Relations Today

Explaining and Understanding EU Foreign Policy: the case of Navalny’s poisoning

25 Feb 202125 Feb 2021 International Relations Today

A Crash Course on Biden’s Middle East Foreign Policy: Continuity or Change?

22 Jun 2020 International Relations Today

Lessons in Diplomatic Tightrope-Walking Pt 1: Moroccan objectives and concerns in a post-COVID geopolitical environment

26 Feb 2019 International Relations Today

Changing cultural dynamics in China: from the Chinese empire to the PRC

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Is Trump’s Afghan strategy going to work?: Evaluating its perks and pitfalls

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In the early 2000s Latin America was thriving. Riding high on a commodity boom and the growth of local economies, there was a widespread sense of hope for the future. Now, a period of recession and disillusionment with democracy has threatened these dreams and brought the region to social unrest. Over the years Latin America's indigenous population has faced an uphill battle in the struggle for their rights and identity. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made headlines last month for his back-to-back meetings with Xi Jinping and Kamala Harris. The meetings reflected the foreign policy issue most pressing to the Philippines--to whom should the country orient itself towards. For weeks on end, Americans tuning into electoral news have been inundated with polling predictions overwhelmingly favouring the Republicans. Following a tumultuous leadership contest and a short-lived Prime Ministership, Rishi Sunak has emerged as Britain’s newest leader. Cross-strait ties between Taiwan and China have reached a low point in recent years, with both governments making competing claims over the sovereignty as well as the history of the island. With a markedly democratic government in Taipei and an autocratic leadership in Beijing, the standoff is being seen as a fight for liberal democracy in the East. Civil unrest continues to dominate Haiti, with the population experiencing a worsening political vacuum and major humanitarian emergency. Brazil's former leader Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva was elected President of Brazil last month, following one of Latin America's most publicised general elections. Three decades on from the end of the Cold War, political analysts question the relevance of the ‘Non-Alignment Movement’—formed during the superpower competition between the US and the USSR—in the twenty-first century.
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