By Eve Ottenberg Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair There is no daylight between presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump on the permanent war economy. Both tout the weapons industry as a source of jobs, jobs, jobs for Americans, never mentioning...
According to Chinese experts, the recent electoral success of the Far-Right leader Javier Milei in the Argentine presidential election could lead to challenges in the country's relationship with China. They suggest that bilateral relations may undergo a trial period...
By Hany Abdel-Latif, Wenjie Chen, Michele Fornino and Henry Rawlings The country’s economic engagement with the region is evolving, with implications for growth, trade, and investment November 9, 2023 China has forged deep economic ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the...
The highlight of the recent 20th National Congress of the Communist Party (CPC) of China has been the re-election of Xi Jinping as the General Secretary for another five-year term. The tradition set by Deng Xiaoping in the post-Mao...
Photo: Credit PBS The tame ending of the saga of Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan leaves many intriguing loose ends, although the world is lucky that she didn’t choose to test the authenticity of the Chinese rhetoric.  Speaking of authenticity,...
The Ranil government being seen as wishy-washy over the Chinese ship’s Hambantota visit, it remains to be seen how much more India would be enthused to rush aid and assistance with the same amount of enthusiasm as through the...
Solomon Islands. Photograph Source: Alex DeCiccio – CC BY-SA 4.0Rarely has the Solomon Islands had as much attention as this. Despite being in caretaker mode as it battles the federal election, the government of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison...
On January 21, 2022, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach attended a talk in New Delhi, India, organized by the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses. Schönbach was speaking as the chief of Germany’s navy during his visit to the institute. “What he really...
Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) held talks with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Beijing, Feb. 4, 2022.  During the visit by President Vladimir Putin to Beijing on Friday, the world attention was focused on how...
By Charles Xu Photo Credit: Qiao Collective In the early 1990s, barely a decade after rejoining the Olympic movement, Beijing launched a bid to host the 2000 Games. Unfortunately by then, U.S. policy had begun to shift perceptibly from the honeymoon...