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Repeated threats from North Korea have turned the Korean Peninsula into one of the world’s most dangerous hotspots. But the situation also offers an important opportunity: a gain in strategic trust between China and the United States, the two countries with the capacity to resolve the tensions once and for all. If they manage to [...]
Palestine’s status has recently been upgraded to a non-member observer state in the United Nations (UN). The resolution of the General Assembly at the UN was passed with 138 votes in favour, 9 against, and 41 abstentions. Among the EU member states 14 voted for, 12 member states – including Germany and the United Kingdom [...]
Writing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is beginning to get mind numbing. 18 years have passed since the signing of the Oslo Accords in the White House Rose Garden, and still no Palestinian state has been recognised. Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of this epic drama is the fact that the intellectual groundwork for a political [...]
While Cameron calls for more arms and, at the recent London conference, la Clinton has effectively recognised the opposition as a government, Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has signalled that Turkey is ready to act as a mediator in brokering an early ceasefire in Libya.[1] Erdogan is said to be in contact with both sides, and [...]
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