Why the World Turned on NGOs
While the Trump administration’s decision to shut down USAID has been the biggest challenge for NGO’s, revenue streams began drying up earlier with several European governments shutting the aid tap. Read More Here
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After Indonesia, Nepal — is the Philippines next to erupt?
Mass protest planned for Manila and nationwide has same incendiary mix of ingredients that just set Indonesia and Nepal aflame. Read More Here
The New Economic Geography
Who profits in a post-American world? Read More Here
India’s thaw in relations with China is nothing to fear
It would be a major mistake to view this evident turnaround in China-India relations through a zero-sum lens (and thus as a problem for U.S. national security). Read More Here
Arab states want Donald Trump to choose: them or Israel
Israel’s bombing of Qatar in its efforts to kill Hamas leaders has irked Arab nations. Read More Here
As the US retreats, can Xi Jinping’s new initiative shape the future world order?
Analysts say the Global Governance Initiative reflects China’s ambitions to shape a multipolar world, but it needs more substance to avoid becoming an ‘empty shell’. Read More Here
How China Is Weathering the Trade War With Trump
Tariffs triggered a plunge in China’s exports to the United States, but its global trade surplus is larger because sales to other regions are surging. Read More Here
Trump’s rebuke, Xi’s handshake, Putin’s oil: India’s foreign policy test
New Delhi’s foreign policy is at a dangerous crossroads. Read More Here
A new model for peace? China takes its Global Security Initiative to Africa
From Somalia to Ethiopia, Chinese training scholarships are the start of an alternative to Western-led alliances. Read More Here
China and India: love in the time of cholera
A ‘dragon-elephant tango’ may help lift the gloom of Trump’s tariffs, but will it cure the malady of Sino-Indian relations? Read More Here
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