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This enables the State Administration Council, the junta headed by military chief and coup leader Min Aung Hlaing, to remain in place for another six months. Min Aung Hlaing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275883
ISSN: 2633-304X
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In recent decades, the focus for Ottawa has been on Russian interest in the Arctic, but Beijing has been showing increased diplomatic and military interest in the region. Canada…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276866
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Russia sent 300 instructors to CAR ahead of the December 27 presidential election to help maintain security and fend off a new rebellion. Paramilitary forces acting as mercenary…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260213
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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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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208413
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Russia on June 28 rejected as “lies” similar allegations by the United States, United Kingdom and France at the UN Security Council. The exchanges come against the backdrop of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262456
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For both states, a swift takeover of power in Afghanistan is preferable to either prolonged civil war or a power vacuum. Their objectives are more defensive than acquisitive…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264079
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The FNDC, comprising the main opposition parties and civil society groups, claims that Conde favours a new constiitution to get around the two-term limit that would oblige him to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250200
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The self-declared Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) have claimed statehood since 2014, but that may not fit into Russia's plans for a unitary…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212880
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IRAN/SYRIA: Focus will be hegemony, not diplomacy
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES217431
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SYRIA/IRAN: Russian role will curtail Tehran’s hopes