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As Barack Obama eyes the January 2017 presidential transition, Washington's decades-long goal of a stable global nuclear order appears to be under threat from multiple quarters…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213973
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The bill includes items to manage the public health and economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the disease has many direct and indirect effects.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251381
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The left-right coalition that governed in January-August has been reconstituted with a reduced parliamentary majority. It is ostensibly committed to the reform programme…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205763
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Measures include a new civil code, the Civil Transactions Law, which came into effect in December 2023 and aims to provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of contracts…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285763
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The law underlines the government’s effort to boost the cybersecurity of Chinese networks, especially of critical infrastructure. China presents itself as a major victim of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263881
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The vehicles were fitted with illegal software to rig diesel emission measurements. The scandal raises wider concerns that similar types of software-based fraud may affect other…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207046
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President Cyril Ramaphosa on March 15 declared a state of national disaster and announced stringent measures to help combat the outbreak. While South Africa is relatively well…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251463
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The bill is intended to institute comprehensive, nation-wide regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). However, the White House has said that it would…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250350
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Fidesz faces an election in spring 2022. The spectre of a weaker position in the EU and increased EU scrutiny on Hungary’s rule of law record could deal the party further blows…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258102
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The reforms are scheduled to be debated in parliament in 2021. The planned changes are a political gamble by the governing Liberal-National coalition.