Blinken's Beijing visit: private conversations, public criticism by Ho, Benjamin Tze Ern

“…That said, having private conversations between the two sides remains essential, even if the public mood and diplomatic relationship remain fraught with tensions.…”
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Biden-Xi : emerging clash of the united fronts? by Ho, Benjamin Tze Ern

“…As the Biden administration continues its diplomatic pressure on China, Beijing is likely to further harden its stance in response to what it perceives as a Western United Front against it. …”
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South Korea’s maritime challenges : between a rock and a hard base by Euan, Graham

“…While domestic opposition still overhangs the construction of a new base on Jeju island, Seoul-Beijing diplomatic strains are meanwhile playing out in a lesser known East China Sea boundary dispute.…”
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Ending the Syrian conflict : foreign intervention or renewed political process? by Zulkifli Mohamed Sultan

“…A NATO-led intervention is possible but a diplomatic solution based on the Annan peace plan, with the support of Russia and China, is more likely to achieve results.…”
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Israel and Saudi Arabia : forging ties on quicksand by Dorsey, James M

“…Distrust of US-led efforts for a negotiated end to the Iranian nuclear crisis, animosity towards the Muslim Brotherhood, a shared determination to defeat Al Qaeda, and questions about the reliability of the US as an ally have persuaded Saudi Arabia and Israel to go public with their tacit alliance despite the absence of diplomatic relations between the two erstwhile enemies.…”
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US-Russia relations under Trump presidency: will the reset come to pass? by Dave, Bhavna

“…Donald Trump’s pre-election admiration for Russian president Vladimir Putin as a “strong leader” has raised hopes of a ‘reset’ of diplomatic relations since the deterioration of the US-Russia ties in this decade. …”
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Negotiating power: examining the role of procedural elements in international peace talks by Coplen, M

“…This area of diplomatic practice is under-examined in International Relations (IR). …”

Marketing ice-cream in Vietnam by Lam, Sarah Ling Ling, Tan, Yew Luang, Tang, Tzu Bing

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Morocco’s shifting identity – Africa’s new kid on the block is making waves​ by Gopaldas, Ronak

“…It explores the future implications of this strategy from the political, diplomatic and economic perspectives. These complex issues are relevant to foreign investors seeking new expansion opportunities, other African countries vying to be the preferred gateway to Africa, and businesses seeking to pursue opportunities presented by adoption of AfCFTA.…”
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An Islamic tent in S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara by Gigante, F

“…The tent, painted to represent a baldachin over the high altar, recalls descriptions of the Andalusi silk and gold tents seized by Spanish armies from the Almohad camps during the wars of Christian expansion into al-Andalus in the thirteenth century, some of which were sent across Europe as diplomatic gifts. In its extraordinarily precise, illusionistic details, the fresco appears to depict an existing, rather than an imagined, object and could therefore be the only extant visual testimony of the practice of displaying and reusing such precious Islamic structures in a Christian context.…”

China and Southeast Asia in the 2000s : tension management in the maritime space by Zha, Daojiong, Lina, Gong

“…In this article, we study Chinese and Southeast Asian strands of security discourse, which provide political and diplomatic cover for cooperative interaction in parallel with little or no compromise on security principles. …”
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Singapore's reaction to rising China : deep engagement and strategic adjustment by Goh, Evelyn

“…The paper suggests that in the post-September 11 structural context, structural adjustment for Singapore necessitates the continuation of deep engagement with China, but also deeper engagement with the US, in the strategic as well as diplomatic and political-economic realms.…”
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Empirical assessment of trade potentials of Pakistan with SAARC countries using revealed comparative advantage by Siddiqi, Masood Mashkoor, Khan, Aurangzeb, Khan, Ameerzaib, Khan, Shahbano

“…This paper focuses on exploring trade potentials of Pakistan with SAARC countries that are essentials ingredients for making strong diplomatic and economic relations through coordination. …”
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The strategy of coercive isolation U.S. security policy by Timonthy W. Crawford

“…Because countries that are isolated are more vulnerable to military force and more exposed to the costs of fighting, the diplomatic process of being isolated puts coercive pressure on them. …”
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Cliopatria - A geospatial database of world-wide political entities from 3400BCE to 2024CE by Bennett, JS, Mutch, E, Tollefson, A, Chalstrey, E, Benam, M, Cioni, E, Reddish, J, Zsambok, J, Levine, J, Cook, CJ, Francois, P, Hoyer, D, Turchin, P

“…The scientific understanding of the complex dynamics of global history – from the rise and spread of states to their declines and falls, from their peaceful interactions with economic or diplomatic exchanges to violent confrontations – requires, at its core, a consistent and explicit encoding of historical political entities, their locations, extents and durations. …”

Sanctions with Chinese characteristics : the effects of China's sanctions rhetoric on its behaviour by Poh, Angela Ming Yan

“…Given the conventional belief among scholars and practitioners of international relations that economic sanctions are a middle ground between diplomatic and military/paramilitary action, an empirical puzzle arises: Why has China – widely perceived as an assertive rising power – appeared relatively restrained in its use of economic sanctions? …”
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Factors influencing career success of women managers in Malaysian public sector by Abdul Manaf, Saidatul Hizam

“…This cross-sectional correlational study was conducted on 128 women managers in Administrative and Diplomatic Service (ADS) in 12 ministries in Putrajaya. …”
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Constructions of Japan and the Japanese : war, memory and foreign policy in Singapore by Liu, Joseph Woon Keong

“…The thesis examines how these modes of memory determine Singapore’s diplomatic relationship with Japan. The adversarial mode is created through the ritualized system of commemoration in schools that transmits the national collective memory to Singaporeans. …”
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Rethinking Singapore-Sino relations : prospects and perils of China’s regional multilateralism for Singapore by Zhang, Suzie Suyi

“…Due to its active involvement in multilateral organizations such as ASEAN, Singapore can acquire and enjoy a substantial amount of diplomatic power. However, the emergence of China and its increasing avenue in the multilateral fora pose significant opportunities and challenges for Singapore. …”
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Reducing dependence on China? South Korea's shift in foreign policy under the Yoon administration by See, Yi Ro

“…Yoon has been actively expanding diplomatic relations beyond China, to the US and Indo-Pacific countries. …”
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