Xi’s 3rd ‘Mandate of Heaven’ Forces New Delhi to Reassess ‘Dragon Threat’
Critics maintain seeking to strengthen a strategic partnership with the US has been the cornerstone of Indian geopolitical thinking in recent years. Beijing might...
War in Ukraine and the New Delhi-Beijing geopolitical shadowboxing
India and China have separately frustrated and angered many in the West by refusing to condemn Russia’s military action on February 24. The two...
2022: Xi Jinping’s Annus Horribilis or Annus Mirabilis?
At the end of his first 5-year term, Xi is said to have tricked the party elites into letting him “hijack” power beyond two...
Is ‘NATO-ization’ of Finland the end of ‘Finlandization’ in Europe?
The brutal Russia-Ukraine war threatening to go on for “as long as it takes” is believed to be why Finland and Sweden sought NATO...
Did China place a losing bet on Russia?
Early in the Russia-Ukraine war, having placed the bet on Vladimir Putin, China was declared by most international analysts as among the war’s biggest losers....
Global Economy: Reducing “China-Dependence” Is Not Practical. Nor Feasible
The US fears of global economic “over-reliance” on China have failed to result in a desirable shift away from “Made in China” to “Made...
The World after the War in Ukraine: How China’s “good” war is turning “ugly”
Neither CPC leaders nor China’s state-sponsored international affairs think tank scholars indicated before February 24 if they had any idea of unpredictable and cascading...
BRI and the ‘Indo-Pacific’ Strategy: Geopolitical vs. Geostrategic
The new US Indo-Pacific Strategy document released in February has two interesting components, one overt and one covert. The document overtly declares the US...
Japan-US-Korea Alliance: Beijing Fears New Security Architecture in East Asia
South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol shares three common things with Japan’s recently elected PM Fumio Kishida – conservative leaning, hostility towards North Korea, and...
IR Theories, Political Discourse and Ukraine, …and War Rages On
After 28 days and 5 rounds of failed Russia-Ukraine military-level talks since the Kremlin launched “Special Military Operation” on Ukraine, it is business as...