State Capitalism: Fortune 500 and Chinese Companies
Authors: Tridivesh Singh Maini and Mahitha Lingala*
Fortune Magazine’s Global 500 list is noteworthy. For the first time, the number of Chinese companies in the...
Towards an alternative vision for the Indo-Pacific
Authors: Tridivesh Singh Maini & Mahitha Lingala*
The vision for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
initiative has been perceived as Washington’s strategy to counter China’s Belt
and...
The impact of US-China Trade war
It
is highly unlikely, that any tangible solution to the Trade war between Beijing
and Washington will emerge in the short run. In May 2019, Trump...
Boao Forum, Belt & Road and East Asian Politics
The Boao
Forum for Asia (BFA), which was formed in 2001, and manages to draw top world leaders, heads of multilateral
institutions, and academics has been...
Japan’s involvement in Myanmar
After the civilian-democratic transition in Myanmar, the western sanctions on trade and investment in the country were lifted. This led to a huge inflow...
Italy and the Belt & Road Initiative
There has been a growing
scepticism with regard to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project in many
quarters, due to the lack of transparency with...
US-Vietnam economic relations: The China factor
While addressing a joint Press Conference at Hanoi, after his
summit, with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, US President, Donald Trump spoke
not just about...
Rift deepens between US and EU over Iran
Recent days have been witness
to two important events: the Middle East Conference in Warsaw (co-hosted by
Poland and the US State Department from February 13-14,...
Trump’s New Africa Strategy to Counter China
On December 13, 2018 US National Security Advisor, John Bolton while speaking at the Heritage Foundation highlighted the key aims and objectives of ‘Prosper...
The China factor in South Asia
On October 25, 2018 Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena suspended Parliament (till November 16, 2018) and sacked his Prime Minsiter, Ranil Wickremesinghe, replacing him...