Italy’s economic crisis and the OECD warnings
At the
Columbia University in New York I have recently met many young, skilful and well-trained
Italians, who are very worried about the future of their...
Middle Eastern protests challenge debilitating Gulf counterrevolution
Much of
the Middle East’s recent turmoil stems from internecine Middle Eastern
rivalries spilling onto third country battlefields and Saudi and United Arab
Emirates-led efforts to roll...
Boao Forum, Belt & Road and East Asian Politics
The Boao
Forum for Asia (BFA), which was formed in 2001, and manages to draw top world leaders, heads of multilateral
institutions, and academics has been...
Rumors about the “death” of Russian-Turkish alliance in Syria greatly exaggerated
The breakthrough in trade and other economic relations between Russia
and Turkey has quite naturally spread to the realm of politics, best reflected
in the two...
GUAM Could Be Turned into an Effective Bloc
GUAM
(initially called GUUAM), an organization for democracy and economic
development, was established in 1997 following the collapse of the Soviet
Union. It served as one of...
Will the Voters protest be able to win Prabowo-Sandi?
In
literatures on 2019 political campaigns and elections in Indonesia, popularity
is a condition for image-building. When image is no longer effective, survey
results can be instruments...
Why Nikol Pashinyan Returned From Vienna Empty- Handed?
On 29 March
2019, the first official meeting was held between Azerbaijan’s President Ilham
Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Vienna on the settlement
of...
Russia and Angola: Cooperating On Trade, Arms Delivery and Natural Resource Exploration
Russia is ready to raise its full-fledged bilateral ties and strengthen
multifaceted cooperation by signing a series of agreements with Angola, one of
Russia's key partners...
Japan’s quiet geo-economic rise
In the
turbulent world politics involving extensive international coverage, stable and
humdrum Japan does not have much of a presence. Yet, Japan is the world’s
largest creditor...
Firewood and Coal: U.S.–Russia Relations without Mueller
The completion of the Mueller investigation ended with the deafening defeat
of the opponents of the incumbent President of the United States. A supposed
grand conspiracy...