China’s Next Play for the South China Sea
How Beijing Is normalising its control. Read More Here
Tag: dilomacy
Why The US Kept Making Enemies Who Wanted To Be Friends: Castro, Ho Chi Minh And Putin
Through myopia, paranoia and arrogance, America has consistently created its own enemies and harmed other peoples in the interest of empire. Yet again, China is becoming an enemy, a role it doesn’t want but can’t refuse. Read More Here
Global Wig Business Hangs By A Hair As Pandemic Bites
From India to China, North Korea and the United States, buyers and sellers of hair products are grappling with supply disruptions thrown up by the coronavirus. Shortages are driving up costs that the smallest businesses are least able to afford. Read Here
Headwinds From The US
The end of the Cold War had already reduced Pakistan’s importance in America’s strategic calculations. On top of that, there is now growing strategic divergence between Pakistan and the US because of the development of the Indo-US partnership as an essential element of the US policy of containment of China, on the one hand, and […]
Quad 2.0 Is Off To A Good Start – It Must Keep Going
The Quad was conceived in an August 2007 meeting in Manila, held on the sidelines of ASEAN Regional Forum… It was widely perceived as a security forum to rein in the Chinese belligerence in the Indo-Pacific and re-establish a rule-based international order. Read Here | The Diplomat
A Strategic Encirclement
India is encircled by a growing ring of Chinese power and influence. To the north, garrisons, airfields and missile sites linked by modern road-rail networks underpin China’s dominant posture on the Tibetan plateau. Read Here – The Indian Express
China’s Hobson’s Choice — Should It Be India Or Pakistan
India is a major power with clear development prospects while Pakistan is a regionally important country facing an uncertain economic future. China has to take this into consideration with developing relations with India. However, this is not to say that Beijing should abandon Pakistan. It’s also in China’s interests to maintain friendly relations with Pakistan, […]
Cyprus May Be a Turning Point in the Eurozone Crisis
One way or another, the situation is Cyprus likely marks a major turning point in the eurozone crisis. It could be the beginning of true disaster for the zone, eventually leading to a series of sovereign debt defaults and possible exits from the euro area. It could also be the point at which we learn […]
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