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Under the law of maritime neutrality, a neutral state may close parts of its maritime passages to belligerent use, provided ...

Indonesia’s free trade agreement with the European Union will cut tariffs, but real success will depend on whether Indonesian ...

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The Lee Jae-myung administration’s July 2025 agreement with the United States lowered US tariffs in exchange for large-scale ...

As South Korea develops its sovereign AI ecosystem, it must carefully navigate intensifying US–China competition in the ...