Questions tagged [international]
International mostly means something involving more than a single country.
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What's the purpose of the Global Civilization Initiative?
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Central Committee and Chinese president, proposed the Global
Civilization Initiative when he delivered a keynote speech at the
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What does China have to gain from renewed ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/11/us/politics/saudi-arabia-iran-china-biden.html
China has been seeking military bases of its own in the region as it pursues energy resources and influence beyond ...
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What would be the advantage of launching an UN-led inquiry over the Nord Stream sabotage?
Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Moscow was presenting a request for an independent investigation in light of doubts about the integrity and transparency of Denmark, Germany and Sweden in ...
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What are the pros and cons that a new common currency for Latin America bring to the region?
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/what-do-talks-about-a-south-american-common-currency-say-about-globalization/
Argentina and Brazil recently announced preliminary plans to form a
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Why is Germany increasing its reliance on Huawei despite the security risks?
https://www.reuters.com/technology/germany-ups-reliance-huawei-5g-despite-security-fears-survey-2022-12-16/
BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Germany has become even more dependent on
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How is China trying to address the huge trade surpluses it has with Africa?
How is China trying to address the huge trade surpluses it has with Africa?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfLxnIqi4Uc
I was watching this video and the African woman claims China is listening more ...
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Does Russia benefit from the Belt and Road Initiative?
I was looking at this map and it seems that Russia is not confirmed to be a member of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI). I am wondering if Russia expressed any view that might indicate they're not too ...
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Has the WHO investigated the origin of COVID-19 outside of China?
Has the WHO investigated the origin of COVID-19 outside of China? Is there a procedure that the WHO uses when it needs to investigate the origin of a virus, and what has the WHO done to get some ...
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Why are non-Western countries siding with China in the UN?
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/un-body-rejects-historic-debate-chinas-human-rights-record-2022-10-06/
The U.N. rights council on Thursday voted down a Western-led motion to
hold a debate about ...
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What's considered undeniable proof in international affairs, and is undeniable proof of spying possible?
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202302/1286118.shtml
Although the US kept propagating the Chinese "spy balloon" narrative,
it failed to provide proof to support its accusations even with ...
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Why do countries sometimes not want to share intelligence on an investigation even if they are allies?
https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-denmark-germany-nord-stream-investigation-tests-eu-intelligence-sharing-around-the-baltic/
It's a highly sensitive issue. The prosecutor leading the Swedish
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To what extent does the west need China to be part of the SWIFT system?
The question and answers at To what extent does China need the SWIFT system? explain why China needs the SWIFT system to to interact with the west and whether it would be reasonable to come up with ...
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Does the U.S. administration welcome the use of alternative financial system to the SWIFT?
SWIFT (the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is a global payments system that is used internationally to inter-connect banks and for the execution of financial transactions ...
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To what extent does China need the SWIFT system?
To what extent does China need the SWIFT system?
Some commentators have said that the U.S. might be considering banning China from the SWIFT system were they to support Russia with military aid. My ...
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Why won't countries ban media companies that leak their own intelligence?
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/06/07/paul-masons-covert-intelligence-grayzone/
This makes me believe the work should be done by white label
organizations operating with firm infosec - Signal/ProtonMail,...
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What is the common procedure that countries tend to follow during a sovereign debt default?
There is no formal procedure in international law for a sovereign debt
default. Argentina followed common practice by allowing the US courts
to resolve how much should be repaid and when, under a ...
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Is the link between China's research and espionage a recent phenomenon or a pattern?
In August 2022, a Chinese ship, the Yuan Wang 5 visited Sri Lanka.
This was claimed to be a "research ship" by China, while
India said it was a "spy ship".
This caused certain ...
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Why would the government invest in creating skilled labor, and then send them to work overseas?
Brain drain is a big problem for India. For example, a NITI Aayog (a government think tank) member recently said that the country is looking for a reverse brain-drain to develop at a faster pace.
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Which country has the highest number of diplomatic missions in a single other country?
Which country has the highest number of diplomatic missions (embassies, high commissions, consulates general or consulates, but not honorary consuls) in a single other country? The mission must be to ...
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Have any large governments had any explicit 'we won't assassinate opposing government leaders unless they do X' policies?
The general rules are that assassinating of leaders of a country are a no-go for any modern country. partially because of the extreme retaliation that would result, partially because you open the ...
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Why would one argue that Interpol’s Executive Committee is "currently dominated by autocracies and Interpol abusers"? (Political abuse?)
The Politico's January 24, 2023 Foreign Affairs Opinion piece by Ben Keith and Ted R. Bromund1 Opinion | Interpol Is Doing Russia’s Dirty Work includes the following:
That’s technically true; the ...
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How does the World Economic Forum seem to have so much influence?
Searching on Google News for World Economic Forum produces:
About 23,800,000 results (1.00 seconds)
Sampling some of these produces quite a mixed array of opinions, from highly supportive, to bored, ...
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What conditions need to be met in order to determine that we are in World War 3? [closed]
For the past year, everyone has had an opinion on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Some say it is a regional conflict, while others say that the invasion can be considered the start of World War III. NATO ...
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What is the current internationally accepted way of resisting an external power that invades a country?
As is common in modern history, the last few decades have seen superpowers and great powers invading sovereign countries in the Middle East, Africa, South America and Central Asia under various ...
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Is Bakhmut an important city in the Ukraine war, and if so, why?
Russia and Ukraine have been fighting over it for over 4 months. Is there a reason why the city seems to be considered important for the war? I heard analysts say that the city only has a symbolic ...
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Is there a way to determine if a country engages in debt-trap diplomacy?
Is there a way to determine if a country engages in debt-trap diplomacy? There are people accusing China in engaging in debt-trap diplomacy, but China keeps renegotiating and cancelling debt while it ...
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Is the reliance of the MPIA making the WTO less effective?
In March 2020, the European Union and 15 other WTO members agreed to a
Multiparty Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA). This created
an alternative appellate body while the official WTO body ...
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Validity of international treaties signed by autocrats
When a democratic country entries an international treaty, its democratically elected leader signs the treaty and democratically elected parliament ratifies it, making the treaty be accepted by a ...
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How does the OPCW insure that the scientists hired by the FFM are objective, independent and competent?
The experts chosen by the FFM were described as internationally
recognised, coming from three different countries, working
independently and using “different methodologies and approaches for
their ...
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What are the pros and cons of having so many state-owned companies?
What are the pros and cons of having so many state-owned companies?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government-owned_companies
State-owned enterprises accounted for over 60% of China's market
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Why very few countries have joined the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure?
To my understanding, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure is an international knowledge platform and could help countries for efficient disaster management.
Why are there very few ...
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Why are the G20 conferences such big events requiring high cost?
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Some of the G20 conferences incur high costs, both financially (up to hundreds of millions of dollars spent for organizing it + damages done by protests) and ...
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Why do the governments of expatriates not subsidize/fund language education for their expatriate's children? [closed]
Why do the governments using language X of expatriates not subsidize/fund X language education for their expatriate's children?
If they want to make their expatriates and the children to return, they ...
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Are there other means Russia can acquire artillery and ammunition?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25zzKQ59A0
There have been reports that Russia have been buying artillery from North Korea. Now, I was wondering what are the other means for Russia to buy ammunition ...
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What are the pros and cons of joining the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue Plus group instead of joining the main Quadrilateral Security Dialogue?
What are the pros and cons of joining the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue Plus group instead of joining the main Quadrilateral Security Dialogue? I was wondering why a country like South Korea would ...
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What are the pros and cons of demanding 1.3 trillion in reparation from Germany for the Polish government?
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-officially-demand-ww2-reparations-germany-says-ruling-party-boss-2022-09-01/
What are the pros and cons of demanding 1.3 trillion in reparation from Germany?...
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In what Western Countries has any party or coalition been elected gaining a supermajority or such majority permitting constitutional amendments?
For the sake of the argument, the "Western" countries should include all Member States of the EU, and countries conventionally understood to be part of the "West".
Any time after ...
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Which countries or regions (EU, U.S., China, etc.) own the majority of debt when we include hidden debt in Africa?
Which countries or regions (EU, U.S., China, etc.) own the majority of debt when we include hidden debt in Africa?
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/african-states-private-debts-three-times-that-...
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What are the pros and cons of having a large sovereign wealth fund?
https://www.swfinstitute.org/fund-rankings/sovereign-wealth-fund
What are the pros and cons of having a large sovereign wealth fund? I am asking, because China is behind Norway and China invest a ...
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What can the U.S. government do to curtail scientific cooperation between China and the United States?
Despite difficult relations between the United States and China,
collaborative research between the two countries has remained
resilient. But with young scientists entering the workforce amid
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What are the pros and cons of willfully engaging in IP piracy?
https://www.belmontentertainmentlaw.com/2022/04/12/your-patent-is-no-good-here-russias-war-on-intellectual-property-following-war-in-ukraine/
What are the pros and cons of wilfully engaging in IP ...
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Is it true that sizes of some countries are shown smaller on Maps than they actually are? [closed]
I recently read somewhere that there are some countries in the world are actually larger than they are shown on the world map. For eg. Somalia is significantly larger than it is shown on the map and ...
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What political apparatus and rules allow the United States to have leverage against companies when it has several intellectual properties associated?
What political apparatus and rules allow the United States to have leverage against companies when it has several intellectual properties associated?
Only the Dutch manufacturer ASML makes the ...
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Would Canada seizing Russian assets set a dangerous legal precedent for rich Chinese investors?
https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2022/07/4/7142525/
Canada was the first Western country to legislate the possibility of seizing sanctioned Russian assets for Ukraine's reconstruction.
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What is the equivalent of the "President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition" in other G20 countries such as China?
The President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN) is a
federal advisory committee that aims to promote healthy eating and
physical activity for all Americans, regardless of background ...
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Does the POTUS Mr. Biden give gifts to his counterparts from other countries when meeting in international meets?
Recently, in G7 meeting, Modi of India gave various gifts to his counterparts.
I was wondering if POTUS Mr. Biden does the same?
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What does the West have to gain by not allowing Russia to pay its debt?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8PXkkNJ2_o
Bloomberg reports that the default is largely symbolic and Russia is simply defaulting since Western financial institutions won't accept Russia payments. Is ...
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Why do western countries condemn Russia and not Israel? [closed]
I'm not really into politics or history, so my question might be obvious.
I just wonder why Western countries condemn Russia so much for the Ukraine invasion, and why they didn't condemn Israel (from ...
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What fraction of Davos participants are billionaires (and not corporations or political leaders) and who decides which ones can go?
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's May 21, 2022 Crypto Celebs Silent As Market Melts Down | Billionaires Get Ready To Trip At Davos cites Business Insider's August 27, 2020 (updated) Davos 2021 is ...
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Why does a high number of capital punishments often attract international criticism?
Take, for example, a country like the United States.
Firstly, the US has a relatively high homicide rate. Secondly, the US might not have enough money to keep large numbers of murderers in prison, as ...