East Asia

Arrogance of force and hostages in US-China trade war

Even before the ink on the comments made by those who (just like the author of these lines) saw the recent meeting between US...

Is Strategic Balancing a ‘New Normal’ in Interlinked World?

The G-20 Summit 2018 will be remembered for extraordinary  large number of bilateral and trilateral meetings, which seem to be even more significant than...

Chinese Perspective on South China Sea

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his Singapore visit for the China ASEAN summit had remarked that China would work hard and ensure that the...

Japan faces titanic struggle to balance Chinese dominance in Africa

Earlier this month it emerged that Japanese officials are planning to upgrade the country’s only foreign military base, in Djibouti. The news might come...

Debt-trap diplomacy is a fallacy

Authors: Zhao Qingtong and Paul Wang To certain extent, the US scholars and politicians are truly creative and innovative in making new concepts. After the...

Balance of Power by Asia

The recent report by the Congressional Committee on National Defense Strategy has indicated that the US might be losing its military superiority, especially in...

How China is helping Iran skirt US sanctions

Shortly after the Trump administration reimposed sweeping sanctions on Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said eight countries, most notable China, would be exempted...

The Implication of China’s Diplomacy in APEC and ASEAN

It is truly unusual that the Chinese President Xi Jinping and its Premier Li Keqiang are visiting the same area during nearly the same...

An uncertain step in moving China-Japan relations

Authors: Meshach Ampwera  & Luo Xinghuan On October 26, Chinese President Xi Jinping met Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and praised that both China and Japan...

The dynamic of Chinese Premier’s visit to EU headquarters

In the wake of Chinese Premier Li’s attendance at the meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in...

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