In the last few months, there has been a flurry of discussion about the lack of support that the United States and its European allies have received from the Global South. To some, its reaction to the war raging in Ukraine might even seem counterproductive. But why did we ever expect it to be different?
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The Arctic is occupying an increasingly important position in connectivity between Asia and the Nordic-Baltic countries. This is not least because climate change opens up new economic opportunities to make use of the region’s vast resources and develop the northern transport routes. Along with possibilities, the need to ensure peaceful, norms-based and environmentally sustainable development in the Artic region poses a complex challenge.
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Between the 1950s and the end of the 1980s, the Soviet Union and China had border disputes and were vying for leadership of the communist world during the Cold War.
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In many ways, Iran’s politics and isolation are due to its own foreign-policy mistakes
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Conquerors should not pass judgment on the conquered
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China’s military capability is a thorn in the side for Moscow
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Since the announcement of Russia’s “pivot to Asia” in 2012, exemplified in one of prime minister and then-presidential candidate Vladimir Putin’s pre-election articles 1 and proven by hosting the APEC Summit in Vladivostok later that year 2, many events have occurred that influenced the dynamics of Russia’s pivot towards the “new Asia”.
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We all know what it means to live in a world that is dominated by the US. However, very few
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The relationship between Estonia and India is focused on the economy and contacts between the two countries are growing rapidly.
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