Six months after China sailed a huge oil rig into waters claimed by Vietnam, Beijing is plying Southeast Asia with pledges of investment and new business, part of a carrot-and-stick approach in its ...
The UK’s information commissioner’s office (ICO) says it will favour “the carrot to the stick” approach when it comes to GDPR compliance. In a blog, written to “separate the facts from the fiction”, ...
Beijing is more openly leveraging its control over rare earths, using them both as a stick to pressure geostrategic rivals and as a carrot to incentivize cooperation with partners. Just as oil drove ...