geopolitics
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Europe’s Defence Awakening: The Case for Federal Integration
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In the face of unprecedented geopolitical challenges, perhaps the time has come for European integration in defence?
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OPR speaks with US diplomat Jim O’Brien
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From the lessons of the 1995 Dayton accord for a Gaza peace plan to Europe’s future, a former assistant secretary of state weighs in.
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Lamenting the World as We Know It: Robert D. Kaplan’s Waste Land
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Kaplan’s historical analysis comments on the adverse effects of technological developments, demographic dynamics, resource scarcity, and climate change.
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Klaus Welle: ‘The solidarity among the 27 Member States is decisive’
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OPR speaks with the former Secretary General of the European Parliament.
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Changing Tides: The Future of Indo-Chinese Engagement in the Indian Ocean
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The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is steadily developing into the next major theatre of military competition between the Asian monoliths.
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Navigating Turbulent Waters: Shipping Routes as Key Geopolitical Battlegrounds
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With a perception in the West that Iran, China, Russia, and perhaps the Middle East could align globally in an economic war against the West, shipping routes are back in play as proxies of war. If the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine continue, global supply chains are likely to remain disrupted.
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Lithuania v. China: Reading into Post-Soviet Hyper-Westernization
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The Lithuanian outlook in international relations is built on its Hyper-Westernised values. The heavy involvement in expressing hostility towards China, and support for Taiwan, countries that are thousands of miles away, is an example of such an outlook.
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Russia’s Tax Treaty Gambit: Political Manoeuvring in an Economic Arena
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Amid Russia-Ukraine war, Russia suspended double tax treaties with nations that had imposed economic sanctions on it; this has produced ripple geopolitical effects extending beyond fiscal matters.
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OPR Speaks with Former Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Dr. Marty Natalegawa
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Dr. Brian Wong, Co-founder of the Oxford Political Review, speaks with former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Dr. Marty Natalegawa.
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Rousing A Giant: Reconfiguring Germany’s Defence Policy in the New Age of Expansionism
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The Chancellor’s proposed programme, if successful, will negate half a century of the Germany’s foreign policy strategy.