Posts tagged Geneva
At China’s Universal Periodic Review, European states must defend human rights in Hong Kong
At China’s Universal Periodic Review, European states must defend human rights in Hong Kong

Written by Megan Khoo and Anouk Wear

The UPR is an opportunity to enhance what EU member states have been practising at the domestic and EU level over the past five years, and one which complements and solidifies their positions.

Read More
Faultlines, Europe and the Indo-Pacific9DL9dashline, At China’s Universal Periodic Review, European states must defend human rights in Hong Kong, Megan Khoo, Anouk Wear, China, Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Palais des Nations, Geneva, United Nations, international human rights law, human rights, EU, Hong Kong, Beijing, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Albania, United Arab Emirates, Malawi, transparency, historical narrative, accountability, UN archives, enforcement, NGO, activists, human rights activists, multilateral, international law, Hong Kong Protests, Hong Kong’s human rights situation, European Parliament, export controls, elections, National Security Law, Jimmy Lai, pro-democracy, pro-democracy protests, media, press freedom, religious freedom, European Parliament Informal Hong Kong Watch Group, diaspora, Germany, France, extradition treaties, extradition, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, condemnation, human rights violations, Hong Kong Informal Friendship Group, Bundestag, political prisoners, Olivier Cadic, André Gattolin, André Vallini, Constance Le Grip, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), Taiwan, Vilnius, Paris, Lithuania, Tiananmen Square massacre, Tiananmen Square, extraterritoriality, Chow Hang-tung, independence of the judiciary, freedom of assembly, Hong Kongers
Can Russia become China’s strategic mercenary?
Can Russia become China’s strategic mercenary?

Written by Artyom Lukin

In a nutshell, Russia could become a giant military contractor — a twenty-first-century condottiero state, and a nuclear-armed one at that. A broke but still militarily strong and audacious country that does the bidding of a rich superpower — for remuneration.

Read More
Most Popular9DL9dashline, China, Russia, United States, US, Biden, Putin, Xi Jinping, Trump, Moscow, Beijing, Germany, Geneva, Nord Stream 2, gas pipeline, arms treaty, Cyber, Kremlin, White House, military contractor, superpower, Ukraine, WW1, World War 1, Sino-Russian, Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good-neighbourliness, Arctic, Northern Sea Route, NSR, Polar North, Cold War, Sergey Lavrov, Britain, France, Entente, decarbonisation, Alexei Kudrin, geostrategic, Baltic, Nordic, European, Bering Sea, condottiero, medieval, Artyom Lukin