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Japan contracts Mitsubishi for its F-X future fighter
- Japan
- November 19, 2020
The decision likely draws on Mitsubishi’s reliability, economic concerns and China’s military expansion.
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Greece and Turkey’s contest for the ‘Blue Homeland’
- Europe
- October 20, 2020
The perennial rivals are close to clashing over control of the region’s hydrocarbon resources.
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J-20B ‘Mighty Dragon’: A complete stealth fighter?
- Security & Terrorism
- August 7, 2020
China’s latest fighter jet shows promise as a multirole aircraft but remains reliant on Russian know how.
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Fort Trump: will US troops leave Germany for Poland?
- Europe
- July 12, 2020
Should today’s vote in Poland go against the president, Trump may be forced to rescind his decision.
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Hong Kong, Beijing and the bending of the Basic Law
- China
- June 7, 2020
The passage of new security laws threatens to fatally erode the city’s prized autonomy from the mainland.
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Contact tracing: Australia’s call for a COVID-19 inquiry
- Asia Pacific
- May 11, 2020
Beijing worries that an international investigation would discredit its actions early in the outbreak.
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COVID-19: Beijing’s political warfare operations
- China
- April 16, 2020
The Party’s attempts to reshape the narrative to cast itself as a global saviour have had mixed results.
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Has the US conceded defeat in the ‘War on Terror’?
- Security & Terrorism
- March 13, 2020
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan precedes the start of intra-Afghan talks and leaves Kabul isolated.
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Is Washington building a new nuclear triad?
- United States
- February 18, 2020
The US deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads is a response to both Russian and Chinese strategies.
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Beijing suffers a setback in the political warfare domain
- China
- January 29, 2020
Taiwan – the only country that can vote on China’s political system – again rejected Beijing’s overtures.
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