Eurasia’s Great Game and the Future of the China-Russia Alliance
Addressing last year’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, then US defense
secretary Jim Mattis dismissed fears first voiced in 1997 by Zbigniew
Brzezinski, one of America’s greatest...
The ‘High-Risk Low-Gain’ Politics of the Kashmir Issue
Over the
last few days, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan seems to have come under
tremendous fire for his recent statements regarding a possible future
settlement with...
Lost Malaysian Hopes and the Pakatan Catch 22
It took the
Malaysian opposition more than a generation to topple the Barisan Nasional government,
led by the now-discredited United Malays National Organization. Throughout
mosques, coffee shops...
The Only Way To Solve America’s Immigration Border Crisis Without Losing Its Humanity
The United
States of America is under unprecedented turmoil these days over its border
crisis problem with Mexico, more with the political forces at work both...
Summing Up Indo-Pak Escalation Post Pulwama
Authors: Amar
Maruti Patil & Adithya Anil Variath
The recent
escalation between two South Asian Nuclear Powers – India and Pakistan rattled
the whole sub-continent and sent alarm...
Does the Regime change in Algeria and Sudan signals the advent of “Arab Spring 2.0”?
With the ouster of Abdelaziz Bouteflika as the president of Algeria and
removal of Omar al-Bashir, as the president of Sudan – some scholars are
arguing...
BRI: Shared Future for Humanity
The
terrestrial and maritime connectivity proposed by the Chinese government back
in 2013 with six connectivity corridors reflects the vision of shared future
for humanity. Belt and...
Election News this Week as Assange Goes to Jail
The depressing Israeli election is over -- a choice
between the right and the hard right. No
room for Israeli Arabs or Palestinians who were encouraged...
Moldova: Time to Overwrite the Mind Traps
Moldova is usually
assigned the title of the poorest country in Europe mired in financial and
corruption scandals. The ’frozen’ Transnistrian conflict is said to further
divide...
Russians Need to Question their Foreign Policy
Open, public discussion on Russian
official foreign policy has been rarely seen in Russian history, due largely to
the common perception that the government correctly understands...