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China's new sanctions are more bark than bite

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CHINA

This was the first time Beijing has used the 'Unreliable Entity List' (UEL) mechanism that it created in 2020 in response to US export controls on Chinese telecoms firms Huawei…

Prospects for US foreign policy to end-2016

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PROSPECTS H2 2016

Prospects for US foreign policy to end-2016.

Weaker Fed legitimacy may harm US economic management

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UNITED STATES

Mounting questions over Fed independence.

Russian passport offer designed to undermine Ukraine

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UKRAINE/RUSSIA

Putin's initial decision last week to simplify citizenship procedures for residents of rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine is a challenge to that country's new president. It implies…

EU views of China are slowly converging

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EU

There has been growing convergence between EU member states over the perceived China threat, especially related to economic matters. However, at the same time, EU countries are…

Russia's plans for Ukraine may not be finalised

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RUSSIA

This is another signal that Washington views a Russian attack on Ukraine as imminent. A day earlier, the UK Foreign Office accused five Ukrainian former officials of conspiring…

Tokyo will strengthen its support for Taiwan

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JAPAN

Japan has a stake in Taiwan’s continued autonomy as a constraint on China’s ability to dominate the region. Japanese politicians have become bolder in indicating support for…

US Arctic oil may freeze with new delays

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UNITED STATES

The Department of the Interior on May 11 gave Shell conditional approval to drill in Alaska's Chukchi Sea. Most supermajor oil companies have cut capital expenditure in the wake…

Mine attack may seek to break inter-Korea impasse

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KOREAS

In language more typical of Pyongyang, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff on August 10 promised a "pitiless penalty" for what is the first inter-Korean bloodshed since 2010. The…

Economic policy pressures will endure in Bolivia

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BOLIVIA

This has been only partially successful. International loan drawdowns may help the situation in the short term, but the government is having to revise some long-established policy…