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Xi licenses Chinese coastguard to be ‘wolf warriors’ at sea
15 Feb 2021 | Michael Shoebridge

Xi Jinping’s control over the China Coast Guard, together with a new law that authorises the coastguard to use force against foreign ships in places China defines as in its own, is a big change …

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  • CCP
  • China
  • China Coast Guard
  • South China Sea
US puts squeeze on Myanmar generals but sanctions regime needs review
15 Feb 2021 | David Uren

The imposition of US sanctions on the generals of Myanmar last week suggests that economic coercion will remain the first resort for President Joe Biden when confronting international crises. Sanctions are a clear expression of …

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  • Joe Biden
  • Myanmar
  • United States
  • sanctions
Whatever it takes in Italy?
15 Feb 2021 | Paola Subacchi

In 2012, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi pulled Europe from the depths of economic crisis with his famous promise to do ‘whatever it takes’ to save the euro. Now, Draghi’s native Italy is hoping …

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  • Europe
  • European Union
  • Italy
  • coronavirus
Covid rocks the status quo
15 Feb 2021 | Graeme Dobell

‘Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-changes Don’t want to be a richer man Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-changes There’s gonna have to be a different man Time may change me But I …

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  • China
  • geopolitics
  • pandemic
  • rules-based order
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