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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 149: The Kuril Islands dispute: another pawn in Putin’s political game?
23 January 2019
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was in Moscow this week to discuss an island dispute that arose in the aftermath of the Second World War. But after meeting 25 times, what real progress will be made this time around?
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The Briefing - Friday 4 February
4 February 2022
We discuss how energy is being used as a pawn in the tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and preview the weekend’s African Union Leaders Summit. Plus: Russia and Germany clash over public broadcasters.
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The Globalist - Friday 12 August
12 August 2016
We ask whether Germany’s new anti-terror proposals will make the country safer and hear from Rafaela Silva, winner of Brazil’s first gold medal at the Rio Olympics. Plus: is China using K-pop stars as political pawns?
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The Foreign Desk - Checkmate: chess and politics
26 June 2021
Sometimes art imitates life; sometimes games do too. And parallels between chess and the political arena have existed for centuries. But are there really any similarities? How was the game used as a pawn in the cold war?…