The essay establishes the causational relation, or the lack thereof, between failed states and narco-terrorism; re-framing narco-terrorism’s ontology, and epistemology.
Japan’s response to the BRI is not monolithic, and the Sino-Japanese infrastructure rivalry in Southeast Asia is more geostrategic than it is economic.
Nuclear weapons and human rights coexist in the form of a double game. Commitments to both differ across states, but security is often given precedence over rights.
The maintenance of US hegemony versus Russia and China contributes significantly to the state of global security: a loss of position would likely have a negative impact.
China’s military modernisation and restructuring is a complex endeavour involving personalities, domestic politics, foreign relations and the economy.
The high-emitting state of Australia has obligations considering its international agreements: especially vis-à-vis its vulnerable Pacific Island state neighbours.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been underwhelming, plagued by shortcomings in the project itself and from the nature of governance and politics in Pakistan.
The 2021 UP Population Bill enables the UP state to consolidate focus on Hindutva politics that deploys aggressive policing of women and their reproductive capacities.
Both neorealism and the selectorate theory show that North Korea’s demand for nuclear weapons strongly correlates with a large US military presence in East Asia.
Anime provides a lens through which we can rethink Joseph Nye’s state-centered theory of soft power and its cultural assumptions.
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