“Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” Agreement and the Future of Sino-Iranian Relations
Authors: Yunis Sharifli and Gandab Valiyeva*
Sino-Iranian diplomatic relations have developed in various fields since 1971. During this period, mutual visits played an important role...
Blue Ocean Strategy for South Caucasus
The recent arrival of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh has underlined the difficulties for a number of international institutions–the United Nations (UN), the Organization for...
The China-Iran deal and the lack of transparency
The 25-year strategic agreement signed between Iran and China on March 27, 2021, by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang...
The Impacts of the Covid-19 on Vietnam’s Workforce
By March 2021, Vietnam has experienced 3 phases of the Covid-19 pandemic (phase 1: from March to April 2020; phase 2: from July to...
The United States: A Bystander, Balancer or Peace Broker in Future India-Pakistan Relations?
Despite the recent ceasefire along the Line of Control, the prospects of improved Pakistan-India relations remain bleak and uncertain. This pessimistic situation has been...
Doomed to escalation? Biden follows Trump’s Foreign and Trade Policy Shift toward China
The high-official U.S.-China meeting in Alaska gives a foretaste of how the new Biden administration will address the challenges with China. In the opening...
The Failure of Prime Minister Imran Khan “Smart-Lockdown” Strategy
The most famous statement ever attributed to Abraham Lincoln is, “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the...
South Asian Leaders in Bangladesh: A New Diplomatic Outreach?
Bangladesh observed its Golden Jubilee of Independence and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on 17-26 March 2021,...
Will 2021 be the year of thaw in international relations for Turkey?
In recent years, after the clumsy and misguided coup that attempted to overthrow him in 2016, Turkey's President Erdogan has adopted increasingly extremist attitudes...
Biden’s Summit Diplomacy: Who will he choose first, Xi or Putin?
“No-show” in Alaska and naked hostility with Moscow at feverish pitch both are raising a big doubt to what President Biden said in his State...