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Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 November 2020

The four countries -- each of which is an ASEAN dialogue partner -- form a security bloc known as the ‘Quad’. China, another ASEAN dialogue partner, resents the grouping, claiming…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 October 2021

The grouping has been widely described as a new ‘quad’. This label is inspired by the Quad, a long-standing group comprising India, the United States, Australia and Japan.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 17 March 2023

This was in response to the latest developments regarding AUKUS, a pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States aimed at providing Canberra with…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 June 2018

Isaias’s announcement follows Ethiopia’s June 5 offer to implement unconditionally the 2000 peace agreement that purportedly ended the 1998-2000 border war between them. Any…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 31 March 2021

Blinken was told Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 air defence system was a closed issue, Cavusoglu said. NATO member Turkey remains unwilling to give them up even at the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 October 2015

The Russian air campaign has mostly targeted rebels fighting against the Syrian regime rather than Islamic State group (ISG), a significant setback for President Barack Obama's…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 2 December 2022

Tribes are an important and under-acknowledged element in Yemen’s social, security and political structures. Any agreement to end the civil war needs to take into consideration…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 December 2020

This may see a redefining of US-Africa policy compared to the Trump administration’s focus on competition with China, including: resolving questions surrounding the role for US…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 December 2015

Outlook for Nordic-NATO defence cooperation.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 February 2016

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…

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