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A wave of allegations of sexual abuse of vulnerable women by powerful men has extended into the Greek theatre. It follows the revelation by Sofia Bekatorou, a prominent Greek…
Armed forces chief of staff Valery Gerasimov is now in direct charge of Ukrainian theatre operations. This and other appointments fall within a substantive ramping up of the…
Possible deployment of the US THAAD missile defence system in South Korea.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210212
ISSN: 2633-304X
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South-east Asia is a key theatre in which Chinese-US strategic rivalry plays out. Beijing is counting on regional defence diplomacy to help it push back against the United States…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281671
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Bangkok is both a partner to Beijing and a US treaty ally. Thailand occupies an important geostrategic location in South-east Asia, an increasingly key theatre in which the United…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272191
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This comes as the US Congress is finalising a bill, the Caesar Act, that would substantially increase the sanctions pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. As…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242464
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They have backed opposing sides in the Syrian and Libyan conflicts and pursued different objectives there and in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the hope that conflict trends would benefit…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258615
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The move reflects Turkey's failure to contain advances by the Moscow-backed Damascus government. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has engaged in multiple military adventures in the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257329
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Symbolic moves in Kidal city recently, such as the display of the Malian national flag and a meeting held by a committee for monitoring the implementation of a 2015 peace accord…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259731
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South-east Asia provides the Kremlin opportunities to advance its ‘great power’ interests. Meanwhile, the region remains a key theatre for the United States and China to play out…