Sudan puts Saudi-UAE religious and cheque book diplomacy to the test
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ chequebook
diplomacy driven-soft power strategy is being put to the test in Sudan where a
stand-off between protesters and...
Zelensky’s Presidency is Unlikely to Change Ukraine’s Foreign Policy
The polls after the second round of presidential
elections in Ukraine gave Volodymyr Zelenskiy more than 70% of the
public's support. Zelensky, 41, challenged the incumbent president...
CPEC: Trick or Treat?
Earlier to
modern world the nations which upheld the power to subjugate others used to take
nudge into considerably week nations in order to conquer them....
USA at odds with Europe and not only with Europe
The recent statement made by US Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo to the effect that his country has failed to prevent the
implementation of the Nord...
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....
Washington- Pyongyang: A third attempt?
During a recent meeting with his South Korean
counterpart Moon Jae-in at the White House, US President Donald Trump said that
while a step-by-step agreement with...
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...