Publications

Since 1932, Thailand has been the stage of regular coups d’états and constitutional changes, with the most recent in May 2014.

The strategic position and economic value of hundreds of small islands in the South China Sea have provoked claims of sovereignty from most of the neighboring states.

FOCUS China: A New Diplomacy?

In 2013, Barak Obama and John Kerry managed, not without difficulty, to steer Israeli and Palestinian leaders back to peace negotiations. At the same time, Washington re-established dialogue with Tehran in talks aimed at finding a solution to the Iranian nuclear problem.

The revolutionary forces that shook the Arab world in 2011 were fighting for more just societies. Justice, however, is difficult to bring about in post-dictatorship transitional phases.

China, now the world’s second largest economy, is going to play an increasingly substantial role in multilateral economic organizations and mechanisms. 

Recent events have provided the opportunity for the rekindling of relations between Ukraine and the European Union.

China is increasingly active in the Asia-Pacific region, an area that makes up the main focus of its foreign policy.

Displaced peoples, insecurity over food and sanitation, economic devastation, worsening community tensions: the Central African Republic is going through what must be the worst crisis in its history.

China’s economic development has brought it to the center of natural resource markets.