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The economic interaction between the ROK and the PRC during the reviewed period represented several overlapping trends. On the one hand, Beijing continues to act against companies involved in deploying US missile defense in South Korea. It restrains the penetration of South Korean cultural content into the country (mainly as part of the overall strategy […]
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Jordan keeping door open for possible relations with Hamas: report
November 23rd, 2021 
Awake Goy After senior Hamas leader, Mohammad Nazzal, joined a discussion panel in Amman, Rai Al Youm newspaper said yesterday that Jordan is keeping the door open for possible relations with the Palestinian movement. The newspaper said this was evident as a result of the inclusion of senior former and current Jordanian officials, including two former prime […]
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Tags: Hamas, Jordan, keeping, possible, relations, report 
No Comments »China downgrades relations with Lithuania over Taiwan ’embassy’ spat
November 21st, 2021 Awake Goy China reduced the level of its diplomatic relations with Lithuania to below ambassador level Sunday in retaliation for the Baltic nation allowing Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory, to open a representative office. China earlier expelled the Lithuanian ambassador, reflecting its intense sensitivity over the status of Taiwan, which […]
New Paradigm of US Foreign Policy and Relations with Russia: Valdai Club Analytics
November 19th, 2021 Awake Goy NOVEMBER 17, 2021 https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/new-paradigm-of-us-foreign-policy/ US foreign policy is by no means becoming less ideological. Liberal ideology in its newest left-liberal form is turning from a means of expansion into an instrument for consolidating the “collective West”, defining “us and them” and splitting the international community into opposing blocs, writes Valdai Club expert Dmitry Suslov. US foreign policy […]
Will the Military Industrial Complex Permit Good Relations Between the U.S. and China?
November 17th, 2021 Awake Goy November 16, 2021 British and Australian armies’ veteran, former deputy head of the UN military mission in Kashmir and Australian defense attaché in Pakistan Brian Cloughley The world would benefit enormously if Joe Biden terminated its ascent by coming to terms with China and Russia, Brian Cloughley writes. At the recent semi-successful United Nations COP26 […]
Posted in Climate Change, russia Tags: between, china, complex, industrial, military, permit, relations No Comments »Wang Yi’s visit to Seoul and Other Aspects of Relations between China and South Korea
November 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Unlike the relationship between China and North Korea, which demonstrates a long-standing traditional friendship, the situation with South Korea is more complicated. On the one hand, high-ranking officials of China openly criticize the policy of the ROK, thereby Seoul periodically starts to claim Beijing’s interference in the internal affairs of the country. Thus, on June […]
Biden and Xi meet virtually to try to bridge chasm in US-China relations
November 16th, 2021 Awake Goy President Joe Biden opened his virtual meeting with China’s Xi Jinping on Monday by saying the goal of the two world leaders should be to ensure that competition between the two superpowers “does not veer into conflict.” Xi greeted the U.S. president as his “old friend” and echoed Biden’s cordial tone in his own opening […]
The Economic Dimension of China-North Korea Relations
November 16th, 2021 Awake Goy Much of the talk about how long the DPRK regime will last under sanctions and the country’s “self-isolation” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is rooted in the question of what role Beijing will play in supporting Pyongyang. In 2019, China accounted for about 95 per cent of North Korea’s total trade, according to […]
Nicaragua Has A Public Relations Problem
November 14th, 2021 Awake Goy Not a Democracy Problem. Managua, Nicaragua – US President Joe Biden hectored Nicaragua about their November 7 elections accusing them of “a pantomime election that was neither free nor fair, and most certainly not democratic.” Three days earlier, the US lavished a $650mil arms deal on Saudi Arabia, a monarchy where they don’t even pretend […]
Taliban spokesman on rising ISIS threat, & relations with US, China & Iran
November 2nd, 2021 Awake Goy October 28, 2021 Description: In a recent extended interview with RT Arabic, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem commented on the adequacy of the Taliban’s internal security measures following concerns of a rising ISIS threat; relations with neighboring states and the international community (including the US, China and Iran); the makeup of the new Afghani government; and […]
US Tries to Persaude Saudi Arabia to Normalize Relations with Israel
October 28th, 2021 Awake Goy While it is impossible to make at least any positive dynamics on the Israeli-Palestinian track, President Joe Biden Administration has recently been actively seeking to expand the Abraham Accords to confirm its still remaining, albeit small, influence in the Middle East. To that end, Washington has been pushing hard in recent months for Saudi Arabia […]
Posted in Middle East, saudi-arabia Tags: arabia, israel, normalize, persaude, relations, Saudi, tries No Comments »Europe at a Crossroads in its Relations with China
October 27th, 2021 Awake Goy The always debatable category of political Europe refers primarily to the leading European countries, such as Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, and the representative structures and personalities of the European Union. The EU is currently under the influence of different kinds of internal and external disturbances (threatening the very existence of this Union), and […]
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to Hear from Ambassador-At-Large Nominee Rashad Hussain Tuesday
October 26th, 2021 Awake Goy 10/25/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hear from Rashad Hussain, who the Biden administration nominated to serve as the next ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom. The post was previously held by Ambassador Sam Brownback under President Trump. The agenda for […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: ambassador, committee, foreign, large, nominee, relations, Senate No Comments »Azerbaijan-Israel relations and Iran’s national security concerns
October 16th, 2021 Awake Goy In 1991, Israel was one of the first countries to recognise the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan. As a neighbour of Iran, Azerbaijan’s expanding relations with Israel have always been one of Tehran’s major security concerns. In the 1990s, 20 per cent of Azerbaijan’s territory was occupied by Armenian forces, and Azerbaijan was dissatisfied […]
Posted in Middle East Tags: Azerbaijan, concerns, israel, national, relations, Security No Comments »Turkish-American relations face a new test
October 15th, 2021 Awake Goy Reuters news agency published news a few days ago about Ankara’s desire to buy 40 F-16 fighters from the US, as well as purchasing 80 modernization kits to service its existing warplanes, after Turkey was excluded from the F-35 program and denied access to those planes since Ankara purchased the S-400 air defence system from […]
On the “1992 Consensus” in PRC-Taiwan Relations
October 13th, 2021 Awake Goy The NEO’s increasingly frequent reference to one of the key and perhaps most dangerous issues in contemporary global politics, the situation surrounding Taiwan, is accompanied by a sense of considerable discomfort. How to designate the parties directly involved, which the Taiwan Strait separates? With one of them, everything is more or less clear – it […]
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the Future of Japan-ROK Relations
October 9th, 2021 Awake Goy On September 29, 2021, former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida was elected chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. In the second round of voting, he won a landslide victory over the Minister for Administrative Reform Taro Kono by gaining 257 votes against 170. The election of a new chairman took place due to […]
Saudi Arabia Taking Small Steps to Improve its Relations With Its Neighbours
October 6th, 2021 Awake Goy One of the least noted political movements of recent times has been the gradual reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran. They recently held their fourth meeting this year in Baghdad, to almost no mention in the western media. It is only one of several movements by Saudi Arabia to gradually moving away from the United […]
Posted in Middle East, saudi-arabia Tags: arabia, improve, relations, Saudi, small, steps, taking No Comments »Why is There Now a Crisis in Relations Between Azerbaijan and Iran?
October 5th, 2021 Awake Goy Recent weeks have seen a significant military escalation on the border between Azerbaijan and Iran. With belligerent statements made by both sides, Iranian troops are being transferred to the border with their northern neighbor. Explaining the move, Brigadier-General Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), said: “We will […]
Pan-Asianism of Japan in Relations with the Countries of Central Asia
September 21st, 2021 Awake Goy Through assessing the latest developments in Central Asia (CA), one can frequently find a discussion of the region being influenced by Pan-Turkism, in various commentaries. This is a secular nationalist doctrine actively disseminated by current Turkish authorities and it refers to the concepts about the need for political consolidation of Turkic peoples based on ethnic, […]
