Search results for: Kirsten van Kaathoven
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Perils of the Drug Trade: Implications and Challenges of Central Asia’s “Northern Route”
The international trade in Afghan drugs is one of the most significant transnational threats emanating from Central Asia. Exacerbated by weak border management, corruption, and lack of income-generating...
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Whither the OSCE and the Euro-Atlantic & Eurasian Security Community?
The latest OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin, on December 6–7, 2012, has shed light on the challenges and opportunities that the organization will continue to face, as well...
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Deciphering the Security Community Debate
Several attempts have been made in recent years to revive a process towards developing more trust and reconciliation in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian space. But much of this...
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Revitalizing INSTC: Analyzing Geopolitical Realignments and the China Factor
...N Pandita, “New Strategic Alignments Presuppose New Trade Routes,” Indian Defense Review, 27 June 2022, http://www.indiandefencereview.com/spotlights/new-strategic-alignments-presuppose-new-trade-routes/; Majorie van Leijen, “Afghanistan and Uzbekistan Draw Roadmap for Corridor to Pakistan,” RailFreight.com, 20...
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The Crackdown on HDP: Sustaining Authoritarianism with Ethnic Polarization
...and the major cities Van, Mardin and Hakkari with 54, 56 and 60 percent respectively. Just as important, the HDP was a key to the outcome of the election in...
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Another Fishing Incident. Now What?
...sovereignty claims have abundant historical and legal support, Vietnam’s claim is weakened by a diplomatic note in 1958 from its premier, Pham Van Dong, to his Chinese counterpart, Zhou Enlai....
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The Role of Science Diplomacy: A Historical Development and International Legal Framework of Arctic Research Stations Under Conditions of Climate Change, Post-Cold War Geopolitics and Globalization/Power Transition
The Arctic is undergoing transformation, where three important drivers are climate change, post-Cold War geopolitics and globalization/power transition from the rise of China. This transformation defines the nexus...