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Korea’s Rice Belt vs. China’s BRI: The Africa Play
My analysis of South Korean relations with Egypt and a comparison with China, my academic and research specialty, comes as Egypt and South Korea...
We Say Zimbabwe Now, Don’t We?
On April 18, Zimbabwe celebrated its 45th independence anniversary. Their independence in 1980 came with mixed emotions and resulted in a country still divided...
Will the World Finally Dare to Confront the Polisario Threat?
As hybrid threats escalate across the Maghreb and the Sahel, the world can no longer afford to consider the Polisario Front as a benign...
Trump’s misreading of China’s resolve: This could be a legacy breaker
One could interpret US President Donald Trump’s tariff imposition on some 49 countries as an invitation to negotiate their respective trade positions with the...
US Trade Wars and Military Globalization Spark Complex Alignments
President Trump’s new round of reciprocal and universal tariffs will escalate trade tensions, lower investment, hit market pricing, distort trade flows, disrupt supply chains,...
Island Defence: Assessing Taiwan’s Military Capabilities
Since its inception, Taiwan has grappled with a range of challenges in resisting mounting pressure from China. From defence and economic concerns to sociopolitical...
Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Global Justice: Mutually Lawless Policies on Ukraine
“President Trump was the first and so far, I think, almost the only one among the Western leaders who repeatedly, with conviction, several times...
The Economic Architecture of Trump’s Trade Doctrine: A Strategic Realignment
In our earlier analysis, “Miran: The Economic Mind Behind Trump—What’s Behind the Tariffs?” Stephen Miran emerged as the intellectual force behind a modern revival...
The alternative of unrestricted Chinese trade to the wave of protectionism
At the end of last March, Xi Jinping warmly welcomed the arrival of representatives from the international business community and expressed appreciation for their...
The challenges of decoupling manufacturing from China
Back in the late 1980s, the relocation of American manufacturing to China, labeled the ‘factory of the world,’ became the latest trend in strategic...