Indo-Pacific
On Thin Ice: Navigating the Pitfalls of Himalayan Geopolitics
When discussing Asian power politics, there is an understandable instinct to focus on the South China Sea and China’s relationship with Taiwan. However, by...
Philippines-US Relations and the China Factor
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s visit to US, April 11-13, 2024, and the first trilateral summit between leaders of Japan, US and Philippines has...
US-China Rivalry and ASEAN’s Fine Balancing Act
In recent years, Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries have emphatically underscored the point -- on umpteen occasions -- that they would...
Of Half-Elephants. The Beijing Xiangshan Forum and China-US Relations
The foreign policy narrative is often about the elephant in the room. Then again, it may be also about the half-elephant. While the sessions of...
Has Xi Diverted from Deng’s Direction?
The escalation of the Sino-US trade war brought up a debate of whether President Xi Jinping had diverted from Deng Xiaoping’s direction. Deng’s direction...
The Emerging Indo-Pacific Security Architecture
The 2017 National Security Strategy of the United States of America placed the Indo-Pacific region at the top of its agenda due to the...
Denuclearizing North Korea Is a Big Challenge
Tensions escalated to an alarming level between the United States of America and North Korea during 2017. North Korea kept on test firing missiles...
A Case of Pot Calling the Kettle Black?
Republican Senators Cory Gardner and Marco Rubio, and Democrats Ed Markey and Bob Menendez had introduced a legislation to discourage Taiwan’s few remaining allies...
On the Revision of the Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan
Amending the article 9 of the Constitution of Japan has been a never-ending story in Japanese politics. The article 9 is the basic principle of the...
South Korea’s New Southern Policy in Making and The Way Forward
New Southern Policy is a newly established diplomatic effort under President Moon Jae-in’s administration as part of the Northeast Asia Plus Community of Responsibility....
Debt-Trap: China’s Invisible Hand Behind the BRI
As a result of an increasingly insular US, with US President Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs- China has been trying to find common cause...
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Europe
The Russian Bear Claws and Paws for Strategic Momentum
As the conflict in Ukraine extends into its successive...
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CGTN’s Global South Voices exposes the vulnerability of “China’s overcapacity” hype
"There's a lot of hype in certain countries, especially...
Geopolitics
On Thin Ice: Navigating the Pitfalls of Himalayan Geopolitics
When discussing Asian power politics, there is an understandable...
Foreign Policy
Unveiling the Real Playbook Behind U.S. Aid in the Ukrainian Theatre
The recent approval of a substantial aid package by...
Opinion
Is There Overcapacity or Insufficient Supply in China’s New Energy?
As a developing country deeply intertwined in the global...