Tag: International relations

How Transnational Corporations are rendering Myanmar’s Sanctions Ineffective

Presidential Palace, citing dubious claims of election fraud and reinstated stratocracy in Myanmar. Back on 18February 2021, the UK, in tandem with the US, EU, New Zealand, and Canada, issued a set of sanctions intended to limit the capacity and strength of the junta following an onslaught of violent suppression of protests fighting for the reinstatement of National League for Democracy government.

Still Repairing Chinese-Japanese Relations by Asger Røjle Christensen

Yes, there has been a serious crisis
recently between China and Japan.

The collision between a Chinese
fishing trawler and a Japanese coastguard patrol boat close to the disputed
islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, prompted both countries
to take drastic measures which resulted in China canceling a number of
high-level ministerial meetings between the two countries. But no, this doesn’t
imply that the region is on the brink of open confrontation. It doesn’t disturb
the general trend towards a more pragmatic cooperative attitude from both
sides.

The (new) North Korean Crisis: what can be expected and what should be done as a response to the sinking of the Cheonan corvette

by Mikael Weissmann and Linus Hagström, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Are the Hiccups in US-Chinese Relations an Introduction to a Serious Global Confrontation by Timo Kivimäki

Timo Kivimäki,
Professor of Asian Security, University of Copenhagen

Europe and the suffering people of Burma/Myanmar

Timo Kivimäki,
Senior Researcher
NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies

Rohingyas – the forgotten people of Burma turning up on Thailand´s paradise beaches

Martin Gemzell,
Asia Program Manager
Olof Palme International Center

University class turned peace process. Senior Reseacher Timo Kivimäki, NIAS

Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province has suffered from communal conflict and at the turn of the millennium the Indonesian province became infamous for two massive cannibalistic riots. While the massive violence has not continued there have been smaller violent incidents with several people killed every year.