In the past, some botched rescue attempts have spurred inquiries that have resulted in countries creating or dramatically improving their hostage-rescue capabilities.
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In the past, some botched rescue attempts have spurred inquiries that have resulted in countries creating or dramatically improving their hostage-rescue capabilities.
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In many ways, the Hezbollah threat is being played up in order to provide the type of deterrent that mutually assured destruction did during the Cold War.
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Singapore’s policy toward Taiwan is an example of the tightrope that Southeast Asian countries need to walk in the new era of an increasingly powerful China asserting itself – particularly in relation to its “core interests” including Tibet, Taiwan and (the newest addition to the “core”) the South China Sea.
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In this 6-part vodcast series, Australia National University's College of Asia & Pacific explores the ongoing Thailand Crisis.
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Nora Murat, Executive Director of Amnesty International (Malaysia), writes to New Asia Republic, reflecting on the 8.8.88 Burmese Uprising.
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Australian High Court Judge Michael Kirby asks, "What, for example, are we to make of the so-called “Asian values” that are sometimes said to justify departures and exceptions from human endeavours to pronounce universal principles such as are found in the Bioethics Declaration?" at the recently concluded Singapore Bioethics Congress.
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China has an hidden agenda in its recent exercise of Mekong diplomacy - to lobby the 5 Mekong countries to vote against the tabling of any discussion on territorial dispute with Vietnam and Malaysia.
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In the past, Singapore has been the uncontested intellectual leader of Asean, providing new ideas related to economic and security matters to reinvent and make Asean relevant to the global community.
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Based on the undemocratic flaws in the 2008 Constitution and the military regime’s unjust election laws, the delegation called for the government of Malaysia to denounce this year’s elections unless the military regime changes course.
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The problem with Binyamin Netanyahu is not one of intent, but that most of what he touches comes out the opposite of what he sought.
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