Mutual Gains, Not Shared Values: New Normal In International Relations? –...
Much talk about the evolving global political and economic landscape largely ignores the major underlying factor driving this transformational shift, namely the growing emphasis on mutual gains rather...
View ArticleTrump–Xi Jinping Summit Amid Protectionism Versus Globalization: India Is...
Notwithstanding fierce challenges made by world’s top two economic leaders, the Trump – Xi Jinping summit has set the dust of uncertainty and agreed to handle the wide differences between the two...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific: Is Middle Power Multilateralism Possible? – OpEd
By Chandrali Sarkar* In light of President Trump’s abandonment of the original ‘Pivot to Asia’ policy, a recent article in The Indian Express, titled ‘Delhi, Tokyo Canberra’, by C Raja Mohan and Rory...
View ArticleIndia-US Bilateral Trade Treaty: The Time Is Now – OpEd
As the Trump administration replaces multinational trade treaties, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and North America Free Trade Treaty, with bilateral ones, US lawmakers are calling for an India-US...
View ArticleVietnam Waits For Signs Of Trump’s Asia Policy – Analysis
By James Borton Despite the Trump administration’s abrupt withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Hanoi wants Washington to know that it remains a viable economic and strategic partner and...
View ArticleVulture Capitalists Become Venture Capitalists Thanks To One Belt One Road...
In the first few months of the Trump Administration, the United States pulled out of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and unveiled their new ‘skinny’ budget, slashing the budgets for the diplomatic...
View ArticleGlobalization Without Uncle Sam: America First May Mean America Out – Analysis
The US retreats on global security, immigration and trade while globalization’s many connections in developing nations flourish. By Hassan Siddiq* President Trump’s bellicosity towards global...
View ArticleUS Extends Arms To Former Enemy Vietnam – OpEd
By James Borton and Sandra Erwin While Vietnam, a war-hardened nation, can’t choose its neighbors, it can certainly choose its friends. Once-implacable foes burdened by a bloody and tragic history,...
View ArticleThe Trump Effect On EU-China Relations – Analysis
What are the implications of the Trump Administration’s security and trade policies on relations between China and Europe? By Mario Esteban* For the time being, Donald Trump’s decisions on defence and...
View ArticleIndia’s Trade Options – Analysis
By Amita Batra* The Indo-Pacific economic space continues to be open to reconfiguration, triggered as it has been by the US withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) earlier this year. There...
View ArticleNAFTA Talks Falter, Time To Increase Pressure – OpEd
The NAFTA-2 negotiations seem to be faltering after the fourth round of talks recently held in the United States. The Trump administration is pushing Mexico and Canada aggressively to include...
View ArticleNetanyahu’s Power Play Will Only Bring Disaster – OpEd
After signing a military decree on May 18 allowing illegal Israeli Jewish settlers to reclaim the abandoned Homesh settlement in the northern West Bank, the Israeli government informed the US Biden...
View ArticleMilitarization Of Iranian Politics In Context Of Regional Detente – OpEd
By Dr. Mohammed Al-Sulami * At a time of renewed regional dialogue and an apparent opening between Iran and its neighbors, one could be surprised by the appointment of Ali Akbar Ahmadian, a former...
View ArticleIndia: Major Shock For PLFI – Analysis
By Deepak Kumar Nayak* On May 21, 2023, Dinesh Gope aka Kuldeep Yadav aka Badku (51), the ‘supremo’ of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of...
View ArticleIndia-Pakistan: Persistent Threat Of JeM – Analysis
By Ajit Kumar Singh* On May 21, 2023, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist, Mohammad Ubaid Malik, from Kupwara District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)....
View ArticleRon Paul: Homeschooling Is Key To Preserving Liberty – OpEd
The most recent release from the federally funded Nation’s Report Card shows that 40 percent of eighth graders lack even a basic understanding of US history, while only 14 percent are proficient or...
View ArticleIn Gold We Trust: Zimbabwe’s Gold-Backed Digital Currency
By Arman Sidhu In response to economic instability and ongoing currency depreciation, Zimbabwe has recently launched a gold-backed digital currency. This innovative approach uses blockchain technology...
View ArticleMalaysia’s Mahathir Says Russia May Take Nuclear Option
The world is facing the grim prospect of a nuclear war as the Ukrainian conflict drags on, a former Asian leader has warned. “I don’t think you can make Russia surrender,” said former Malaysian Prime...
View ArticleAre Claims By Russian Experts About Dividing Kazakhstan Between Russia And...
There are a number of individuals in Russia, as well as in Ukraine, who have become hugely popular among online communities in the Russian-speaking sector of the Internet after Russia's military...
View ArticleRussia-Africa Diplomacy: Training Of Human Resource Key Towards Overcoming...
The rapidly changing global situation as geopolitical tension and Covid 19 pandemic and with much emphasis shifting towards the continental south, Russia has initiated processes to restructure its...
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