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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
From the beginning of 2014, the international order has undergone some quite dramatic changes in several parts of the world. The Ukrainian political crisis has gradually evolved into a U.S-Russia confrontation two decades after the end of cold war. In the Middle East, the extremist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Al Sham (ISIS) invaded Iraq gaining much territory in the north of the country. Iraq has become a new unstable element in the Middle East. In Africa, the aftershock of the Arab Spring can be seen most prominently in Egypt and Libya. South Sudan and Central Africa are plagued by civil war. In the Asia-Pacific region Sino-Vietnam and Sino-Japanese Conflict have escalated and Japan has lifted a ban on collective self defence which threaten China's neighborhood security and regional stability.
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