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United Nations

Research focuses on the role of the United Nation (UN) in maintaining international peace and security and looks in detail at peacekeeping and peacebuilding in fragile and conflict affected states.

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Founded in 1945 the United Nations is currently made up of 193 Member States. The UN has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly chnaging world.

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Aaron Arnold, senior associate fellow at UK-based think tank Royal United Services Institute, said even if the three nations imposed sanctions on Chinese firms, they were likely to be limited in scope and scale. “I would not expect to see sanctions imposed against Chinese state-owned enterprises,” Arnold said. “It is important to remember that Japan and South Korea have different economic relationships to China than the United States.”
Dr Aaron Arnold
Senior Associate Fellow
12 December 2022

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