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China should take a more proactive role in Russia-Ukraine negotiation

Hoyu Huang As the world closely watches the development of the Russian-Ukraine war and the further escalation seems possible,  other international parties have also attempted to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv to reach for a cease-fire.  Russia and Ukraine haveagreed to start the negotiation in Belarus recently, giving …

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How China-Russian Partnership Could Counter-Balance Negative Effects of Western Sanctions

Ekaterina Blinova China opposed the West’s unilateral sanctions against Russia and barred the SWIFT ban, saying that it has no basis in international law. The FT admitted that Beijing could reduce the pressure of the restrictions by bolstering Russo-Chinese mutually beneficial cooperation in agriculture, hi-tech, banking, energy, and …

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China, Vietnam, Philippines and United States Sustainability in the South China Sea

Nabil Akram Supremacy of any world power depends upon its control over the important Geo-strategic places. A hegemon must have influence over the Geo-strategic places. This rule is generally applied for every world super power. Other factors like the will to lead, economic, political and military factors are …

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On the Depth, Transparency and Power of Today’s AI

Anton Kolokin Two years into our last review on state of the artt in the area of artificial intelligence, there has been a widening gap between the seeming omnipotence of neural network models based on “deep learning”, which are offered by market leaders, and the demand for an …

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Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Security Studies

Zaeem Hassan Mehmoud “Every age has its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions, and its own peculiar preconceptions. Each period therefore, would have held its own theory of war, even if the urge had always and universally existed to ensure security on scientific principles”              -Carl von …

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Emissions Trading Systems: Trajectories for Development

Yaroslav Lissovolik Across the continent Eurasia, major constituencies such as the EU, China and Russia are forging ahead with their plans to develop an emissions trading system (ETS). The system works by putting a limit on overall emissions which is reduced each year. Within this limit, companies can …

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The world arms sales market

Giancarlo Elia Valori New data from Sipri’s Arms Industry Database, released last December, show that arms sales by the world’s twenty-five largest defence equipment and military services companies totalled 361 billion dollars in 2019. This is an 8.5% increase in real terms in arms sales compared to 2018. …

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The changing shape of war and conflict strategies

Dr. Shehab Al Makahleh There can be no talk of new transformations at the level of the world order and the international policy structure without referring to tools of power and conflict. When a human civilisation reaches the climax and starts declining, this structure leads to chaos and …

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Muslim Brotherhood relationship with Jordanian regime

By Shehab Al Makahleh The most prominent historical epochs the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) of Jordan has undergone since its establishment in 1945 had been when the then then Jordanian King Abdullah I welcome the movement. On the inauguration ceremony of the Muslim Brotherhood of Jordan, the then king …

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