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Publication date: 12 March 2019

This comes as the US Congress is finalising a bill, the Caesar Act, that would substantially increase the sanctions pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. As…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 August 2017

The talks underscored fundamental divisions between the United States on the one hand, and Mexico and Canada on the other, with harsh US rhetoric highlighting divergent views on…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 August 2017

The White House has indicated that President Donald Trump will sign the legislation authorising the new measures, despite the fact it limits presidential discretion to waive the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 April 2021

The proposal is part of the EU’s wider effort to make Europe ‘fit for the digital age’ and align the bloc with other major democracies, particularly the United States, on…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260983

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 November 2016

With Republicans retaining their House and Senate majorities too, Trump is in a position to take unilateral action via his powers as chief executive, battle with Republican…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 December 2020

If confirmed by the Senate, Austin will be the first African-American in that post. His selection is strongly supported by minority rights groups, partly because his military…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 January 2019
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US shutdown effects will deepen

For Trump, building “the wall” is an election pledge, but Democrats say it would be an “immorality” and ineffective. This disagreement triggered a partial government shutdown of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 June 2017

Ahead of the rollout of the Liberal government’s new defence white paper, Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland delivered a speech in the House of Commons arguing that…

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