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Ukraine Conflict And Global Balance Of Power Tussles In Europe
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From time to time there is a need to ascertain the status of global Balance of Power, is it in equilibrium or moving in...
Evolving QUAD And Australian Participation In The Malabar Exercise 2020
Dr Claude Rakisits
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India has formally invited Australia to join the large-scale naval exercises to be conducted in the Bay of Bengal (3-6 November) and...
China-India Border Skirmishes; BRICS Versus Quad
What Is Pushing India to Extreme Policies?
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In the COVID-19 environment, the Asia Pacific is increasingly an active theater. A number of inquiries are being...
What Does The Chinese One Belt One Road, American Pacific Pivot Imply For South...
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By Kulsoom Belal
This article is part of PoliTact’s recently launched initiative to look at the events of the Pacific region from the vantage point...
Analysis of Perception and Perspective
NATO, Sino-Russian Strategic Alliance, And Future Of Ukraine
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Why did Putin Invade Ukraine?
Many interpretations have come to the fore on why Putin invaded Ukraine on February 22. One of the recurring one...
The Impact Of Trump’s Victory On US-Australia Alliance, Pivot To Asia
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Donald Trump’s decision to nominate the CEO of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson, for the position of Secretary of State will have surprised Australians probably as...
APEC and ASEAN – Competing or Complimentary Organizations
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APEC and ASEAN are the two main bodies facilitating cooperation between nations of the Asia Pacific region. This article seeks to stipulate the main...
What To Make Of The Xi–Obama Washington Summit?
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By Dr Claude Rakisits
This was never going to be an easy meeting between the leaders of one of the oldest democracies and the world’s...
Global Security Studies
The Relevance Of Japanese Amau Doctrine To Modern Day Mega Trade Pacts
How Weak Countries Carrying Economic Significance Become Playground For Foreign Interests
Originally published on June 9, 2009 and being republished with additions. Another modification was made to this article on January 16, 2017.
It is important...
Strategic Forecasts
What Does The Potential China, Iran Economic and Security Deal Mean?
In the COVID-19 geopolitical context, this zoom webinar, held on on July 28, explores the ramifications of the likely China, Iran economic and security...