Violence complicates Pakistan PM’s tightrope walk as he visits Iran and China
Two attacks in as many weeks in Pakistan’s troubled province of Balochistan
shatter hopes that the country has gained the upper hand in efforts to...
Development in South Africa: Bridging the Gap
To live in one of the most unequal yet highly urbanised societies in the world means that there are high levels of inequality, poverty...
India’s purblind opposition to Belt and Road Initiative
China intends to host
second global Belt-Road-Initiative (BRI) meet next month. China expects delegates
from over 100 countries to attend the moot. The initiative has become...
War in Libya: A rare instance of US-Russian cooperation
There is little that Russia and the United States
agree on these days. Renegade Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar may
be a rare exception.
As Mr....
Italy escapes the ‘western propaganda trap’
Authors:
Carter Chapwanya and Arun Upadhyaya*
The Trump
administration – unlike other US administrations – has clearly taken the ‘with
us or against us’ stance particularly when it...
Battling for the Future: Arab Protests 2.0
Momentous developments across Arab North and East Africa suggest the
long-drawn-out process of political transition in the region as well as the
greater Middle East is...
As Marsha Lazareva languishes in jail, foreign businesses will “think twice” before investing in Kuwait
IF THERE IS one thing to glean from the case of Marsha
Lazareva, it’s that foreign businesses must now think very carefully before
investing in Kuwait.
For...
Trump’s coming trade war “deal” is a dud
In typically
bullish style, Donald Trump has told the world he expects a resolution to his
trade war with China within four weeks. The U.S. President
claims...
Russia in Venezuela
Russia´s interests and presence in Latin America is not new. We should
remember Russian activities in Cuba during the Cold War, which almost generated
a nuclear...
Economic reform in the Gulf: Who benefits, really?
For Gulf leaders, long-overdue economic reforms were never going to be
easy.
Leaders like the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates, Mohammed bin...