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China: Preparing for Dangerous Storms, Episode 1, Inside the People's Liberation Army
produced by Pearl Forss, fl. 2021, CNA (TV network), in China: Preparing for Dangerous Storms, Episode 1 (Singapore: Mediacorp TV Singapore, 2023), 47 mins
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will celebrate its centenary in 2027; what are its goals for this date? The PLA is already the largest army in the world with over 2 million soldiers. It also has the highest number of warships. But China’s defense budget is still climbing amidst increasing geopolitical...
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produced by Pearl Forss, fl. 2021, CNA (TV network), in China: Preparing for Dangerous Storms, Episode 1 (Singapore: Mediacorp TV Singapore, 2023), 47 mins
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China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will celebrate its centenary in 2027; what are its goals for this date? The PLA is already the largest army in the world with over 2 million soldiers. It also has the highest number of warships. But China’s defense budget is still climbing amidst increasing geopolitical tensions. How exactly is the PLA “Preparing for Dangerous Storms” as tasked by President Xi?
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Pearl Forss, fl. 2021, CNA (TV network), Anthony Morse, 1979-
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Mediacorp TV Singapore
Series
China: Preparing for Dangerous Storms
Speaker / Narrator
Anthony Morse, 1979-
Person Discussed
Xi Jinping, 1953-
Topic / Theme
Military training, Sieges, Patriotism, Declarations of war, Battle preparations, Military customs, Military life, Military tactics, Navy bases, Army bases, Marine bases, Chinese Civil War, 1927-1950, Taiwanese, Russians, Americans, Chinese
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Studies in International Governance, Syria, Press Framing, and the Responsibility to Protect
written by Tom Pierre Najem, Walter E. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs, in Studies in International Governance (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2017), 241 page(s)
The Syrian Civil War has created the worst humanitarian disaster since the end of World War II, sending shock waves through Syria, its neighbours, and the European Union. Calls for the international community to intervene in the conflict, in compliance with the UN-sanctioned Responsibility to Protect (R2P), occurr...
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written by Tom Pierre Najem, Walter E. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs, in Studies in International Governance (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2017), 241 page(s)
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The Syrian Civil War has created the worst humanitarian disaster since the end of World War II, sending shock waves through Syria, its neighbours, and the European Union. Calls for the international community to intervene in the conflict, in compliance with the UN-sanctioned Responsibility to Protect (R2P), occurred from the outset and became even more pronounced following President Assad's use of chemical weapons against civilians in August 2013...
The Syrian Civil War has created the worst humanitarian disaster since the end of World War II, sending shock waves through Syria, its neighbours, and the European Union. Calls for the international community to intervene in the conflict, in compliance with the UN-sanctioned Responsibility to Protect (R2P), occurred from the outset and became even more pronounced following President Assad's use of chemical weapons against civilians in August 2013. Despite that egregious breach of international convention, no humanitarian intervention was forthcoming, leaving critics to argue that UN inertia early in the conflict contributed to the current crisisSyria, Press Framing, and The Responsibility to Protect examines the role of the media in framing the Syrian conflict, their role in promoting or, on the contrary, discouraging a robust international intervention. The media sources examined are all considered influential with respect to the shaping of elite views, either directly on political leaders or indirectly through their influence on public opinion. The volume provides a review of the arguments concerning appropriate international responses to events in Syria and how they were framed in leading newspapers in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada during the crucial early years of the conflict; considers how such media counsel affected the domestic contexts in which American and British decisions were made not to launch forceful interventions following Assad's use of sarin gas in 2013; and offers reasoned speculation on the relevance of R2P in future humanitarian crises in light of the failure to protect Syrian civilians.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Tom Pierre Najem, Walter E. Soderlund, E. Donald Briggs
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Series
Studies in International Governance
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Syria (2011 - Present), Military occupation, Military aid, Journalism, Civil war, Public opinion, Syrian Civil War, 2011-, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2017 Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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