Economy
Boao Forum for Asia 2024: Key Geopolitical and Economic Takeaways
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), an annual conference which brings together global leaders from government, academia and business -- dubbed as China’s Davos,...
India-UAE CEPA: How India’s States Are Tapping Potential Benefits
The India-UAE free trade agreement or Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement CEPA – which came into force on May 1, 2022 has given a strong...
The African Resurgence: From Conflict to Stability
Clearly, the horses have changed. There is a whole new breed of countries surging forward with stellar economic growth patterns; geographically, while there are...
The Case for Quality Academic Research in Africa
In the past two decades, Africa’s promising economy has attracted investors from across the globe. According to a McKinsey report in 2010, Africa’s economy...
Is the Future of Work the Next Global Collective Project? It Should Be
The global international order is tumultuous these days; relationships, institutions, and norms that have made peace and progress possible for the last three quarters...
Italy on the New Silk Roads, Beyond the Announcement
Italy will soon join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as announced by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on March 8, 2019, describing the...
Signs of Acceleration: Unleashing Vietnam’s Economic Potential
Vietnam has been in the news in recent weeks because the Summit between the U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un...
New Dynamics of South Korea-Myanmar Economic Relations
Myanmar has witnessed a drop in Foreign Direct Investment. In 2017-2018, it received 5.7 billion USD, down from over 6.6 billion in the previous...
Cambodia’s Money Laundering Relisting Shows Dangers of Corrupt Institutions
The global money laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in February put Cambodia on its "grey" watchlist because of concerns over money laundering....
The Deal of the Future: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The origin of free trade agreements between the USA and EU can be traced back to the rift between the two following the end...
EU Move to End Cambodia’s Free Trade Status Must Be Trigger for Democratic Change
European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström announced on October 5 that the EU had started a review of Cambodia’s duty-free access to European markets,...
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Geopolitics
China’s Strategic Canal in Cambodia May Cause Regional Destabilization
A Chinese-backed canal project aims to connect the Cambodian...
Diplomacy
International Cooperation and Science Diplomacy for Plant Health
Observed worldwide, international days and weeks initiated by the...
Geopolitics
China-Russia-Iran Joint Naval Exercise in the Gulf of Oman: What Is Its Impact?
In the dynamic landscape of global politics, the recent...
Technology
AI Fighter Jets: Skynet or Strategic Supremacy?
The recent milestone achieved by the US Air Force,...
Security
On the Prospects of a Third World War
Frederick the Great remarks somewhere that diplomacy without force...
