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Jakub Iwan 万杰
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Quad, Indo-Pacific security architecture, new security formats
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“The Chinese government has paralyzed the U.N.’s systems,” ... “The U.N.’s mission is to protect refugees, but they have been deported back despite all the guarantees given by the UNHCR and other agencies.”

www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
He thought he had escaped Beijing’s clutches only to vanish back into China
The secret repatriation of a Uyghur man shows China’s long reach, especially against Uyghur Muslims, whom the U.S. says are targets of an ongoing genocide.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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#Myanmar 🇲🇲 MAP UPDATE: the situation in Myanmar as of 01/12/2024. In the past month the resistance made some limited gains across the country, seizing ground in #Kachin, #Chin and #Rakhine states.

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December 1, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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Announcing JVS 19(3-4), a double issue and the last JVS of 2024.

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November 30, 2024 at 9:19 PM
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The Political Economy of Australian Militarism:
On the Emergent Military–Industrial–Academic
Complex

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The Political Economy of Australian Militarism: On the Emergent Military–Industrial–Academic Complex
Abstract. Australia is undergoing a process of substantial militarization. This article argues that one of the key forces underpinning Australia’s militari
academic.oup.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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Breaking: Lithuania has declared three staff members of #China’s diplomatic mission persona non grata and handed a diplomatic note to Beijing.

www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...
Lithuania expels three staff members of Chinese mission
Lithuania has declared three staff members of China’s diplomatic mission persona non grata and handed a diplomatic note ...
www.lrt.lt
November 29, 2024 at 5:08 PM
A unilateral US withdrawal from the IPEF would be a serious mistake.
Commentary: A second Trump administration is expected to adopt a protectionist stance, withdrawing from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and imposing tariffs that could impact Japanese industries.
Trump's return heralds a new era of trade tensions for Japan
Tokyo faces a balancing act: aligning with Washington's priorities while maintaining its critical economic ties to China.
buff.ly
November 29, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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I have an issue. Or, more specifically, this article I published together with Linus Hagström now has an issue! It is now out (open access) in the latest issue of European Political Science.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The insecurity of doing research and the ‘so what question’ in political science: how to develop more compelling research problems by facing anxiety - European Political Science
Research problems are crucial in the sense that they provide new research with purpose and justification. So why, despite the abundance of guidance available from an extensive methods literature, do g...
link.springer.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Japanese carmakers losing out to Chinese ones
November 29, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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Taiwan's foreign minister Lin Chia-lung visited Warsaw and Łódź, Poland with a delegation of 40 entrepreneurs incl. Foxconn VP, signaling a recalibration of Taipei's approach to Europe from #symbolism to #substance; this time, Lin is emphasizing business deals over "like-mindedness."
November 24, 2024 at 2:00 AM
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How does a quiet Cambodian seaside town known mostly as a backpacker destination turn into a notorious haven for online scam operations? In this essay in the Global China Pulse journal, @ivanfranceschini.bsky.social looks back at the history of Sihanoukville over the decades. With photos by Roun Ry.
Sihanoukville: Rise and Fall of a Frontier City
Over the past few years, no place has come to embody the abuses of the online scam industry more than the Cambodian city of Sihanoukville. Once a quiet coastal town known as a haven for foreign backpa...
globalchinapulse.net
September 16, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Exactly. On the one hand, after Bongbong Marcos came to power in mid-2022, the Philippines made a strategic shift toward co-creating a US-based Indo-Pacific security system. In August 2023, the National Security Council published the 'National Security Policy for 2023-2028', which emphasized
November 23, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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New from @alexpdelacruz.bsky.social in the Lowy Institute Interpreter for Blue Security | Why the Philippines made a dramatic turnaround on the question of archipelagos in the law of the sea www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
Why the Philippines made a dramatic turnaround on the question of archipelagos in the law of the sea
And strangely enough, it means China and the Philippines have traded positions.
www.lowyinstitute.org
November 19, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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I made a starter pack for people interested in Chinese politics, economy and foreign policy!

Share, follow, and write here if you want to be added!

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November 16, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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China says Philippines sent supplies to beached warship on Second Thomas Shoal in South China Sea – Reuters: ‘In a separate statement, the Phlippine Coast Guard said it had rotated personnel staffing the Sierra Madre and sent supplies to the vessel.’
China says Philippines sent supplies to disputed shoal
China said on Friday the Philippines had sent supplies to a warship grounded on Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in the South China Sea.
www.reuters.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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Noteworthy:
From November 11 to 16, officials from Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs are undertaking a reconnaissance mission to Pyongyang.
Interestingly, Poland is among the few EU nations hosting a North Korean embassy.
Wznowienie działalności Ambasady Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Koreańskiej Republice Ludowo-Demokratycznej - Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych - Portal Gov.pl
W dniach 11-16 listopada br. przedstawiciele Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych RP odbywają misję rekonesansową do Pjongjangu.
www.gov.pl
November 15, 2024 at 10:54 AM