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South Korea seeks security in manufacturing and trade

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SOUTH KOREA

Seoul wants to secure supply chains and open up markets for South Korean industry in nuclear power and rail as well as weapons. President Yoon Suk-yeol has been overseas this year…

Crises nearer home may thwart Turkey’s Asian ambitions

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TURKEY

Turkey’s ‘Asia Anew’ foreign policy.

World order and US role will endure, for now

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US/INT

Trump’s vision of world order challenges the post-war consensus of US leadership across the post-1945 multilateral global institutions, of which the UN is one. Trump favours more…

Kim’s Russia visit may prove more show than substance

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NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA

Despite a strong military focus, both in Kim’s entourage and in terms of sites visited, no agreement was announced in any area.

US-North Korea summit would have modest outcome

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US-NORTH KOREA

The message was conveyed by a South Korean delegation in Washington, briefing Trump on its talks earlier this week in Pyongyang. North Korea had said, the delegation reported…

Pyongyang’s Beijing and Moscow ties will be complex

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NORTH KOREA/CHINA/RUSSIA

The PoE has since 2009 reported regularly on North Korea’s violations of UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions. Beijing and Moscow are resisting an ineffective UN sanctions…

India-Vietnam security ties will grow

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INDIA/VIETNAM

Delhi and Hanoi declared a ‘strategic partnership’ in 2007 and a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’ in 2016. Each is wary of China’s growing power.

Russia will defer to China's policy on North Korea

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RUSSIA/NORTH KOREA

While Russia worries about the risk of instability triggered by a strict sanctions regime, its role in the North Korea crisis is limited to supporting China's calls for restraint…

Russia's ties with North Korea will grow stronger

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RUSSIA

Russian technology has advanced North Korea's satellite development. Russia is strengthening economic, diplomatic and cultural ties with North Korea, although UN sanctions are an…

Philippines tilts towards Russia and China carry risk

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PHILIPPINES

This is part of his desire for an 'independent' foreign policy, which includes Manila distancing itself from Washington and seeking closer economic and military ties with China…