How Will New Delhi Navigate the Dalai Lama Succession Row? The decision regarding the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation is inherently political and intricately linked with the Sino-Indian border dispute.
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How Beijing Can Turn Washington’s Tariff Spat with Brasília into Strategic Gain In geopolitics, fortune favors the patient opportunist. Tariffs designed to isolate one partner often bind that partner more tightly to another.
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Indonesia, Vietnam, and the BRICS Question Both Jakarta and Hanoi seek to preserve strategic autonomy while navigating an increasingly polarized international environment. BRICS may offer a third path.
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Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Clipperton, France’s Indo-Pacific Edge Although its land area is modest – only 1.7 square kilometers – Clipperton’s strategic and ecological significance is anything but small.
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The Biggest Misconception About the Philippines’ South China Sea Case Against China The Permanent Court of Arbitration did not decide the claims brought by the Philippines against China, an arbitral tribunal established under Annex VII of UNCLOS did.
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