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Human Security Centre - Action has Consequences. Inaction has too. // Independent foreign policy think tank. Any interaction ≠ endorsement.
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In contrast to Western states’ extensive sanctions against Russian energy infrastructure projects such as Nord Stream in Europe, the US has very recently extended Sakhalin-II’s import permit, allowing it to continue LNG supplies to Japan
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Russia’s Sakhalin-II project has been used to supply around 10% of Japan’s liquefied natural gas (LNG). In contrast to Western states’ extensive sanctions against Russian energy infrastructure...
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Operation Southern Spear ultimately reveals a significant and unsettling expansion of US force beyond established limits of international law.
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Operation Southern Spear ultimately reveals a significant and unsettling expansion of US force beyond established limits of international law. By classifying drug trafficking as an armed attack and...
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I'm happy to announce that my book 'War Plan Taiwan: OPLAN 5077 and the U.S. Struggle for the Pacific' is now available for pre-order from the Naval Institute Press and other outlets in advance of its U.S. (17 Feb) and UK (10 April) publication: https://t.co/R79JJnFLU2
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Space has already been militarized and is actively being weaponized. Multilateral efforts at establishing space-based rules of behavior are faltering.
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Space has already been militarized and is actively being weaponized. Multilateral efforts at establishing space-based rules of behavior are faltering. And though so far only non-destructive capabil...
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The rampant drug trade in Rio de Janeiro is not the result of an absent state authority, but of the way that authority has been selectively enforced. Criminal organizations and militias have not grown despite the state but sustained alongside its corruption - see link below ⬇️
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While the Trump administration’s approach to Taiwan is continuing to coalesce, current signs indicate no dramatic departure from long-standing positions
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While the Trump administration’s approach to Taiwan is continuing to coalesce, current signs indicate no dramatic departure from long-standing positions.
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The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan’s newly elected leader Sanae Takaichi was confirmed as Japan’s new Prime Minister on 21st October. Takaichi is also Japan’s first female prime minister in its history. See below for our analysis ⬇️
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Despite the Chemical Weapons Convention offering the same degree of prohibition and protection as the TNPT, BWC and PNTBT, the degree of selective enforcement has allowed states to operate seemingly beyond regulations: see link below ⬇️
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The House of Commons Defence Committee has published its report, 'The UK Contribution to European Security'. The report, to which the HSC gave evidence, concludes that while the UK remains a leading European security actor, it needs to take additional urgent measures. See ⬇️
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If Serbia's President Vučić counted on the anti-government protests dissipating by now, he severely underestimated the Serbian people’s resilience and determination
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If Serbia's President Vučić counted on the anti-government protests dissipating by now, he severely underestimated the Serbian people’s resilience and determination.
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Despite the legitimate agreement Australia and Nauru drafted, the implementation of this agreement requires extreme scrutiny on behalf of the contracted parties. Sell below for the link ⬇️
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Taken together, Ukraine’s integration of AI into each stage of the “Kill Chain” reveals a military strategy that serves as a lesson for militaries across the West
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Taken together, Ukraine’s integration of AI into each stage of the “Kill Chain” reveals a military strategy that serves as a lesson for militaries across the West. From reconnaissance to the final...
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War Child UK has published the Return Every Child report exposing Russia’s systematic campaign to indoctrinate and militarise Ukrainian children. Co-authored with the Human Security Centre and Save Ukraine, the report draws on testimonies from 200 rescued children (link below ⬇️)
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Behind the spectacle in the media, AA serves as another extension of the historic anti-illegal immigration policy enacted by the initial Trump administration almost a decade ago
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Behind the spectacle in the media, AA serves as another extension of the historic anti-illegal immigration policy enacted by the initial Trump administration almost a decade ago. With antagonistic...
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