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According to BBC and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 464 IS fighters along with 57 other militants and 32 civilians died. The United States has carried out more air strikes against the IS near...

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In the last days it became clear that the international US-led campaign of airstrikes to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State (IS) is having no discernible positive effect upon the battlefields of Iraq and...

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The Ukrainian crisis could influence the foreign policies of Asia-Pacific states in several ways. This analysis will try to explain in what way international relations between China, Japan, Russia and the United States could be...

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Syria: Bloody Spring Ahead

February 25, 2014

The second round of the Geneva II Peace Conference on Syria has ended on February 15th without achieving, no surprise there, any sort of real results. Although the two parties......

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In the context of the latest disputes in the East and South China Seas, an analysis on the Sino-American relations is highly relevant. More than this, an assement of the factors that influence the relationship...

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Since July 2013, a new war is taking place in the Middle East, brewing quietly in the shadows of media reports from the Syrian Civil War. Since May 2013, when the Shiite militia Hezbollah has...

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On December 17th, 2013, Japan approved the first National Security Strategy (NSS) in the country’s history. It is interesting to explore the possible reasons that may have determined the Japanese leadership to contemplate the necessity...

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As expected, the Geneva II Peace Conference on Syria has ended last week, on January 31st, with no visible progress between the two parties towards a lasting solution to end the civil war that has...

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The Geneva II Conference on Syria has managed to get started earlier today in the Swiss town of Montreux, after months and months of delays......

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Yesterday, January 20, 2014, the Joint Plan of Action convened by the P5+1 and Iran in Geneva on November 24 2013 entered into full effect. Preliminary technical negotiations between the two parties took place during...

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