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Hunger and Human Rights in China’s Diplomacy
The Chinese foreign minister famous for defending China’s human rights record on the grounds that the Chinese people can eat has published a memoir. In “Disclosure of Foreign Affairs,” Li Zhaoxing...
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With growing tensions with China in the backdrop, a pact similar to that between Taiwan and the United States could soon be established between Taiwan and Japan. Taiwan does not currently have a...
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Mixed Reactions Over First Lady’s China Visit
First lady Michelle Obama arrived with her mother and two daughters in Beijing March 19, beginning a carefully scheduled, one-week “people-to-people exchange” between the United States and China. For...
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Obama Ends Trip with Arguably Little Progress on Ukraine
After a four-nation tour that started in Europe and ended in Saudi Arabia, the song remains the same for President Barack Obama and Ukraine. Obama ended the trip in the same situation, facing great...
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It’s Putin’s World
NEW YORK—Russian President Putin is “living in another world,” German Chancellor Merkel reportedly told American President Obama in a recent conversation about the Ukraine crisis, seeking to explain...
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Abbott’s Pursuit of Japan Risks a Free Trade Agreement With China
Prime minister Tony Abbott will be hoping the Japanese leg of his ambitious trade trip to northeast Asia can replicate the success of securing a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea. The close...
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The Seven Grave Mistakes That Prompted the Ukraine Crisis
The situation in Ukraine remains tense, yet the odds are that it will now stabilise. It is unlikely Russia will invade eastern Ukraine, both because it is unclear whether this was in the plans (if such...
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Shifting Allegiances: The Israel-Gaza-Egypt Triangle
U.S. diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians have in the last year focused on relations between Israel and the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, led by PLO...
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In Praise of Apologies
Apologizing to people of other countries may be one of the worst sins a national leader can commit. Or so it seemed, as Republicans lambasted President Barack Obama for making what they called an...
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Putin’s Risky Bet in Ukraine
To understand why Russian President Vladimir Putin has been willing to escalate tensions in the Ukraine even after annexing the Crimean peninsula, it’s instructive to remember back to 2008 when he told...
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The Strategic Import of India-US Migration
Migration is the foundation stone of India-US relations, if not the bedrock itself. Modern migration of Indians into the United States of America has been happening for at least 90 years now. While the...
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U.S. and Saudi Arabia: A Loveless Marriage
Among the would-be therapists of the foreign policy world, the alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia is a textbook case of a “loveless marriage.” Though the values of the two states are...
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US Policy and the Iraq Elections
With Iraq’s elections scheduled for April 30, the United States should be acutely aware of its reduced but remaining influence in the country. Even in 2006 and 2010, when more than 100,000 U.S....
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Qatar’s Regional Ambitions and the New Emir
When Qatar’s Sheik Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani came to power after his father, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, abdicated in late June 2013, he assumed a tricky diplomatic situation. While Sheik Hamad...
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Who Makes Tehran’s Arab Policy?
Geography alone should make the Arab world Iran’s key foreign policy focus. Of Iran’s 13 immediate neighbors, seven are Arab countries.[1] But Tehran’s approach to the Arab world, with its 22 states...
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As Conflict Grows in Middle East, US-Saudi Gulf Widens
WASHINGTON—Those who expected the summit between US President Obama and Saudi King Abdullah to produce a “reset” button after unusually strained relations between the two nations were bound to be...
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A Conversation on Diplomacy and Religion in the Middle East
What is the relationship between diplomacy and religion in the Middle East? What are the scope and limits for cooperation between clerics and diplomats? How can religion and diplomacy work together on...
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Why the US Has Limited Options in Iraq
When US commanders in Iraq in 2006 were trying to figure out the best way to approach the burgeoning insurgency, two points of view emerged from the debate. One approach, which became policy the...
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Modi to Face Xi Jinping on a Stronger Political Turf
NEW DELHI, India—When Chinese leader Xi Jinping visits India next week, Narendra Modi will welcome him as the head of the most stable Indian government in the last three decades, and with a foreign...
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Film Review: ‘Diplomacy’
During World War II, Sweden’s official neutrality was not always pretty. Yet, despite the calculated concessions granted by their government, some Swedish diplomats became heroes for their courage and...
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Lessons From Versailles for Today’s Middle East
The summer of 2014 was a season of analogies and anniversaries. European leaders commemorated the start of World War I. Russian President Putin’s annexation of Crimea and destabilization and invasion...
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Why It’s Difficult to Deport Foreign Offenders
Once upon a time, you could tell an election was just around the corner when politicians of all kinds started talking relentlessly about crime. “Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime” was Tony...
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Azerbaijan Benefits From Not Offending Its More Powerful Neighbour Russia
The relationship between Russia and Azerbaijan has evolved over two centuries, during which Azerbaijan spent most of the time in the Russian Empire and then as part of the Soviet Union until it broke...
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Has This Been a Good Year for International Relations?
My employers think I know something about the practice and theory of international relations. Perhaps I shouldn’t draw attention to my shortcomings in this area given that my university is currently in...
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Is Canada Selling Out to China? | China Uncensored
Today I want to talk to you about something very important—Canada. Don’t laugh. Because after the November elections, half of the United States will be moving there. Which half, we’ll have to wait and...
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