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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...
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...
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...
China needs further reforms to make growth sustainable, greener and more inclusive
The Chinese economy continues to slow as it rebalances, with headwinds
including trade frictions and the weakening global economy undermining exports
and creating new uncertainties. Policy...
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...
Back to IMF: Whither Pakistan’s Medina Model
Pakistan has
been availing International Monetary Fund loan packages without stricto
sensuo acting upon reforms since late 1980s. Its finance minister is now
horn-locked with the International...
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...
Illiberals and autocrats unite to craft a new world media order
Underlying global efforts
to counter fake news, psychological warfare and malicious manipulation of
public opinion is a far more fundamental battle: the global campaign by
civilisationalists, autocrats,...
From Apprehensions to Ambitions: The French Approach to China
General Secretary of China Xi Jinping’s tour of Italy, Monaco and France on March 21–26, 2019, caused a stir across
Europe. What approach should be...
BRICS, SCO and Kashmir Terrorism
On February 14, 2019, a suicide bomber from the
Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist organization drove a car filled with explosives into
a bus that was transporting members of...