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New islands will harm ASEAN's marine ecosystem

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ASEAN/CHINA

The environmental politics of artificial island-building in the South China Sea.

Delhi will engage in brinkmanship over water

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INDIA

Water disputes in South Asia and beyond.

Russia tensions may hinder Arctic governance

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ARCTIC

It claims an additional 1.2 million square kilometres of seabed below the North Pole ice cap under Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). If…

Prospects for the Arctic in 2018-22

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PROSPECTS 2018-22

Prospects for the Arctic in 2018-22.

Climate change threatens brittle global trading system

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INTERNATIONAL

With the WTO in gridlock, major powers are advancing competing policy solutions that threaten to contravene trade agreements and impede global cooperation. The EU remains…

Foreign policy faces uncertainty and dispute in Chile

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CHILE

In the politically charged context of debate about the constitutional reform, foreign policy has become an arena of ideological confrontation at odds with the pragmatism and broad…

Philippines China pivot to come under rising pressure

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PHILIPPINES

This, along with the reported presence of Chinese survey vessels at Benham Rise, is undercutting Duterte’s foreign policy pivot towards China. Moreover, the Benham incursions…

NAFTA moves imply more US-China trade conflict

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INT

The US–Mexico Trade Agreement leaves the core NAFTA provisions intact but contains new provisions including on rules of origin for automobiles, intellectual property, digital…

UNCLOS ruling may ease China-South-east Asia tensions

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CHINA/SOUTH-EAST ASIA

A sweeping victory for the Philippines has dismantled any legal basis for expansive Chinese claims across much of the South China Sea.

China will continue Greek investments despite pushback

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GREECE/CHINA

Unionised workers have staged several industrial actions against the port’s Chinese owners, the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO). The recent death of an employee has raised…