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Missile defence plans raise conflict risk in East Asia

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EAST ASIA

Possible deployment of the US THAAD missile defence system in South Korea.

US-Russian arms competition will focus on India

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US/RUSSIA

India is the world's largest arms importer and its primary suppliers are Russia and the United States. Although the two suppliers largely sell their weapons to different customers…

Russian-US arms treaties erode in new era of mistrust

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RUSSIA/US

The likely end of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty will be an important marker in the decline of international stability and a particular blow to long-held…

THAAD will destabilise East Asia geopolitics

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EAST ASIA

US missile defence in East Asia.

Rising China’s greatest risks lie close to home

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CHINA

Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, the Koreas and the large ethnic Chinese populations of South-east Asia are the only societies with which China shares cultural affinity. Yet it is these…

Ending Seoul’s missile cap has regional implications

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SOUTH KOREA

Seoul now has full ‘missile sovereignty’.

Russian arms sales to South-east Asia will fall

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Russia is a relatively modest player in South-east Asia in terms of economic footprint, political influence and defence diplomacy. However, its arms sales to the region have…

Chipmaking countries squeezed by US-China rivalry

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US/CHINA

Japan and the Netherlands are ready in the coming weeks to adopt some of the measures Washington imposed in October.

North Korea-South-east Asia ties face headwinds

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NORTH KOREA-SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Last week, Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur imposed travel bans against each other’s citizens following the February 13 murder in Malaysia of Kim Jong-nam, North Korean leader Kim…

Multilateral regulation of crypto assets will rise

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INTERNATIONAL

Crypto assets and initial coin offerings