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3 weeks ago | 
thestandard.org.nz | Robert Wihtol |David Slack |Andrew Forrest |Nzctuby Jack McDonald
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Robert Wihtol
Russia’s war on Ukraine, the war in the Middle East and the yawning chasm between liberal Americans and MAGA supporters defined much of the presidency of Joe Biden and are likely to define the political landscape for the initial years of Donald Trump’s second presidency.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
lowyinstitute.org | Robert Wihtol
The board of governors at the Asian Development Bank yesterday appointed Masato Kanda as the bank’s 11th president. The appointment was no surprise and followed a well-established pattern. Ever since the ADB was set up in 1966, the bank’s president has been from Japan, which, along with the United States, is its largest shareholder.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
realcleardefense.com | Robert Wihtol
North Korea is again in the global spotlight. By providing first munitions and now troops to support Russia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has expanded the scope of the Ukraine conflict while driving its relations with the West to a new low. And, by aligning with Russia, sidelining long-time patron China and abandoning its goal of unification with South Korea, North Korea has escalated tensions in Northeast Asia.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Robert Wihtol
North Korea is again in the global spotlight. By providing first munitions and now troops to support Russia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has expanded the scope of the Ukraine conflict while driving its relations with the West to a new low. And, by aligning with Russia, sidelining long-time patron China and abandoning its goal of unification with South Korea, North Korea has escalated tensions in Northeast Asia.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
openforum.com.au | Robert Wihtol
Xi Jinping’s life, like the lives of all China’s top leaders, is hidden behind a wall of secrecy. Xi has been in power for 12 years, but we know little about him beyond what we can glean from official media releases, reports on encounters with foreign leaders, official biographies and his speeches.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Robert Wihtol
Xi Jinping’s life, like the lives of all China’s top leaders, is hidden behind a wall of secrecy. Xi has been in power for twelve years, but we know little about him beyond what we can glean from official media releases, reports on encounters with foreign leaders, official biographies and his speeches.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Robert Wihtol
The American president’s national security advisor is second only to the secretary of state in the United States’ foreign policy establishment. The position provides the president with independent advice on foreign policy decisions. It has been held by such luminaries as Henry Kissinger, who was in the job for nearly six years, and Bent Scowcroft, who held the job twice, for more than five years. The incumbent, Jake Sullivan, is near the end of his fourth year.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Robert Wihtol
Zhou Enlai was a giant of twentieth century international relations. Serving as China’s premier from the establishment of the People’s Republic in 1949 until his death in 1976 and also as China’s first foreign minister, Zhou set up China’s foreign service and skilfully guided China through the international events of the entire Mao Zedong era. Zhou was a key member of the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership already in the 1920s, outranking Mao initially.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
openforum.com.au | Robert Wihtol
In April the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or more precisely the Washington Treaty that forms the basis for the alliance, turned 75. NATO’s visibility has waxed and waned, but Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine has put the alliance firmly in the spotlight. Its secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has been called on to play an increasingly prominent role as the alliance’s leader and a spokesperson for the West.
