2019 was a decade of defiance and dissent -The 2020s are likely to be no different
Like 2019, the new year and perhaps the new
decade is likely to be pockmarked by popular protest, particularly in the
Middle East and North Africa.
The...
A symptom of fragile anti-US alliances: Russia accuses China of technology theft
Chinese
Russian military and geopolitical cooperation is flourishing – for now.
If, however,
the weapons industry is anything to go by, a fraying at the edges of...
Sports: A battlefield for freedom of expression and political change
Athletes, executives and fans are turning
sports in an era of defiance and
dissent into
a battleground for freedom of expression and political change, putting national
and international...
Israeli soccer club’s anti-racism echoes Israel’s political divide
Storied and crowned soccer club Beitar
Jerusalem was for decades a pillar of the Israeli right-wing and an
often-extreme symbol of Israel’s lurch towards the right...
Gulf security: China envisions continued US military lead
A first-ever
joint Chinese-Russian-Iranian naval exercise signals
that closer Chinese military ties with a host of Middle Eastern nations does
not translate into Chinese aspirations for a...
China struggles to fend off allegations of debt trap diplomacy
Desperate for cash, Tajikistan is about to sell yet another vital
asset to China at a time that countries
like Sri Lanka and the Maldives are...
Ending the Gulf crisis: Natural gas frames future Gulf relations
Natural gas could well emerge as the litmus test of how relations among
the Gulf’s energy-rich monarchies evolve if and when a Saudi-United Arab
Emirates-led alliance...
A microcosm of Iran’s domestic problems, port city bears brunt of crackdown
The Iranian port city of Bandar-e-Mahshahr has emerged as the scene of some of the
worst violence in Iran’s brutal crackdown on recent anti-government protests.
Located...
Standing up to China: Czech mayor sets a high bar
A Czech mayor’s refusal to endorse Beijing’s
One China policy potentially sets a high bar as Western powers grapple with how
to respond to allegations of...
Global Turmoil: Ethics offer a way out of the crisis
Rarely is out-of-the-box thinking needed more
than in this era of geopolitical, political and economic turmoil.
The stakes couldn't be higher in a world in
which civilizationalist...