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A test for China-NATO strategic restraint in the Indo-Pacific
A UK-led carrier strike group will be present on China’s maritime doorstep, coinciding with the centenary celebrations of China’s communist party. The West means to show its unity and resolve in responding to Beijing’s disruptive global posture. Chinese leadership could resort to several options to demonstrate its displeasure.
GIS Essay: What a swell party this is
Britain’s political parties have been fading in the 21st century in terms of membership, popular support and relevance to citizens. To many, traditional parties seem more a part of the problem than the solution. Can parties be salvaged? Do we still need them? David Alton, a member of the House ...
Britain’s EU negotiations – perfidious Albion?
The British government’s posturing in talks with the EU is testing goodwill in European capitals. Apart from risking a no-deal outcome on January 1, 2020, it casts a shadow over Britain’s prospects for close security and defense cooperation with Germany and France after Brexit is completed.
Britain takes a clear stand on Hong Kong
In reaction to a new national security law giving the Chinese government extensive powers over Hong Kong, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered residents of the former British colony an opportunity to settle in the United Kingdom. The gesture was a welcome show of leadership amid half-hearted reactions from other ...
Relevance beyond the crisis: New pressures to curb individual rights
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed governments to enact authoritarian emergency legislation, with no guarantee that the curtailed civil rights will later be returned to the population. China’s example shows what could await European countries if the coronavirus crisis becomes a political tool to exert more control over ...
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