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Sophie provides analysis on issues on politics and strategy, with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific.

Foreign ministers of the Normandy Four seek to break deadlock in Ukraine peace process
- Daily Brief
- June 11, 2018
The Normandy Four—Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France—will meet in Berlin today to relaunch conflict resolution talks between Moscow and Kiev.
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China hosts annual SCO summit as Iran seeks full membership in eastward pivot
- Daily Brief
- June 9, 2018
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s annual summit as a guest.
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US Defence Secretary to promote US Indo-Pacific role in speech at Shangri-La Dialogue
- Daily Brief
- June 2, 2018
A speech delivered by US Secretary of Defence James Mattis will launch the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue. Indian Prime Minister Narendra
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US Secretary of Commerce and trade delegation arrives in Beijing for talks
- Daily Brief
- June 2, 2018
US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and a team of 50 US delegates are to begin talks with Beijing today
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Russian foreign minister in North Korea Thursday for high-level talks
- Daily Brief
- May 31, 2018
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Pyongyang today for talks with his counterpart Ri Hong-yo.
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Japan’s Shinzo Abe to sit down with Vladimir Putin with Kuril Islands in sight
- Daily Brief
- May 26, 2018
Despite tensions over competing territorial claims, there has been a marked increase in formal dialogue between the two states this year.
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Thai opposition likely to protest on fourth anniversary of military junta’s rise
- Daily Brief
- May 19, 2018
Starting today, activists will begin three days of demonstrations against the government, if an agreement to amend land rights issues
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Japan’s economy expected to show sluggish growth in first quarter
- Daily Brief
- May 16, 2018
The first estimate of Japan’s GDP for the first three months of 2018 will be released today. Economists polled by
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US to open embassy in Jerusalem, sparking protests and possible violence
- Daily Brief
- May 14, 2018
Jerusalem is not legally part of Israel and is considered to be ‘occupied territory’ by the UN.
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Armenia’s new prime minister to meet Vladimir Putin for the first time
- Daily Brief
- May 14, 2018
Armenia’s new Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will meet President Vladimir Putin today, at the Eurasian Economic Union Summit in Sochi
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