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The European Commission in Brussels. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

European Union tries to curb tech transfer to China

by Emanuele Scimia September 22, 2017

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is no Kim Jong-un. Photo: TIMA via Reuters

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, United Kingdom, World

North Korean, Iranian nuclear programs: two different stories

by Emanuele Scimia September 19, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin

AT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Geopolitics drives Turkey’s acquisition of Russian missile defense

by Emanuele Scimia September 15, 2017

A missile is launched during a drill in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on August 30, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, European Union, France, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, World

Europe cries wolf on North Korea but has Russia in mind

by Emanuele Scimia September 11, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 (Mars-12) in this undated image. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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Outside the box: US-China deal to decapitate Kim’s regime

by Emanuele Scimia September 6, 2017

The European Commission in Brussels. Photo: AFP

Beijing, Bhutan, China, European Union, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Europe keeps Sino-Indian border standoff at bay

by Emanuele Scimia August 22, 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Photo: Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Diplomacy takes back seat to German defense industry

by Emanuele Scimia August 18, 2017

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini speaks at an Asean-EU meeting in Manila in August 2017. Photo: Reuters / Dondi Tawatao

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South China Sea remains a taboo in EU-ASEAN relations

by Emanuele Scimia August 14, 2017

Michael Yeung, newly appointed Catholic bishop of Hong Kong, appears willing to take a more conciliatory position with Beijing over the church's role in Hong Kong and the mainland. Photo: AFP/Isaac Lawrence

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, World

New bishop of Hong Kong’s realism toward Sino-Vatican relations

by Emanuele Scimia August 11, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in Savonlinna, Finland, on July 27, 2017. While in Finland, Putin played down the significance of joint naval exercises with China in the Baltic Sea. Photo: Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters

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Russia’s arms sales weaken China in the Indo-Pacific area

by Emanuele Scimia August 8, 2017

A worker walks past a section of the 65,000-ton British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, under construction in Rosyth Dockyard in Scotland, on May 24, 2016. Photo: AFP / Robert Perry

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Britain’s twists and turns on the South China Sea

by Emanuele Scimia August 1, 2017

A US marine stands next to an Afghan National Army soldier during a training exercise in Helmand province on July 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

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EU strategy for Afghanistan is just wishful thinking

by Emanuele Scimia July 28, 2017

Map of Korean Peninsula. Image: iStock

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Will EU be part of new Six-Party Talks on N Korea?

by Emanuele Scimia July 23, 2017July 23, 2017

Swedish defense contractor Saab has been selling its fighter aircraft to countries such as junta-ruled Thailand, but could run up against a new 'democracy clause' in Swedish law. Photo: AFP / Fabrice Cofferini

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Sweden vs France: the future of EU arms sales to Asia

by Emanuele Scimia July 20, 2017

The Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Waller (SSG 75), a Collins-class diesel-electric submarine, is seen in Sydney Harbour. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

No French nuclear submarines for Australia, Canberra says

by Emanuele Scimia July 14, 2017

US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership in January 2017. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

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Taiwan in the TPP: how to break the cross-strait status quo

by Emanuele Scimia July 3, 2017July 3, 2017

Protester in Hong Kong speaks in support of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, recently released on medical grounds from a Chinese prison. The European Union is struggling to reach a consensus among its member countries on how to encourage China to improve its deteriorating human rights. Photo: Wikipedia

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Ambivalence among EU members yields to China on human rights

by Emanuele Scimia June 29, 2017

Representational image. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The European Union dumps China

by Emanuele Scimia June 24, 2017June 25, 2017

Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte arrives at a funeral home for the wake attended by the families of those killed at Resorts World in Pasay City, metro Manila, on June 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters

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Duterte has everything to lose in straining ties with the EU

by Emanuele Scimia June 21, 2017

Representational image. Photo: iStock

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Arms trade is key to expanding Ankara’s influence

by Emanuele Scimia June 17, 2017June 18, 2017

Chinese peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, World

African security: EU and Beijing intensify cooperation

by Emanuele Scimia June 10, 2017June 10, 2017

Left to right: European Council President Donald Tusk, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meet at the EU-China Summit in Brussels on June 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Olivier Hoslet/Pool

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The EU glosses over the South China Sea – unlike France

by Emanuele Scimia June 5, 2017

The Chinese navy conducts an exercise in the South China Sea. Photo: Wikipedia Commons

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G7 criticism of China’s maritime policy rings hollow

by Emanuele Scimia June 1, 2017June 1, 2017

Entrance to the Church of the Savior, also called Xishiku Church or Beitang, is the earliest Catholic church in Beijing, established by the Jesuits in 1703. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Macau, Middle East, Taiwan, World

As numbers grow, Catholics in China still face oppression

by Emanuele Scimia May 26, 2017

Russian aerobatic teams rehearse over Moscow before celebrations marking the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II on May 9, 2017. Russia has been a longtime supplier of jet fighters to India, but now faces fierce competition from France. Photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

France ready to sell new fighter jets, submarines to India

by Emanuele Scimia May 19, 2017May 23, 2017

German Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries attends a photo op during the Belt and Road Forum near Beijing on May 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Don’t expect EU money to fund China’s new Silk Roads

by Emanuele Scimia May 16, 2017

Photo: iStock

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China’s rational mix of hard and soft power

by Emanuele Scimia May 11, 2017May 12, 2017

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia, on May 3, 2017. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters

Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Shadows over Turkey’s possible purchase of the Russian S-400

by Emanuele Scimia May 5, 2017

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, a staunch supporter of the EU and therefore a potential darling of Beijing, attends a campaign rally in Arras on April 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Benoit Tessier

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Beijing has reasons to be ‘En Marche’ with Emmanuel Macron

by Emanuele Scimia April 27, 2017

Federica Mogherini, high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs, shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi after a joint news conference in Beijing on April 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

‘Multilateralism first’ at center of China-EU relations

by Emanuele Scimia April 22, 2017