The Formal Emergence of Taiwan?
China and Taiwan have been in a complicated relationship since 1949. As of today, the People’s Republic of China is recognized by the UN but Taiwan (Republic of China). In this article, I’d like...
Author: Amal Sinha
Potential Indo-Pak War: What History Tells Us
Is an Indo-Pak war certain in the near future? With the events in the recent past, there appears to be a significant amount of brow-beating from both sides about war. This was triggered by...
The Coming Eclipse of Pakistan?
India and Pakistan have been locked in a perennial conflict since their inception. While the conflict manifests itself in many forms, the most prominent are an arms race and several wars and skirmishes. While...
Will Saudi Arabia bail out Pakistan?
In 2018, Pakistan started facing a balance of payments crisis due to a large current account deficit. The forex reserves held by State Bank of Pakistan reached $9.88B in September 2018 and kept reducing...
China – a brief economic and institutional history
Over the last two decades, China has been a major source of fascination for many of us because of its booming economy and speedy modernization. It has seen unimaginable levels of consistent economic growth...
Book Review: Asian Century on a knife-edge, by John West
Prof John West’s book, “Asian Century on a knife-edge” takes a critical look at all major Asian economies and outlines a realistic scenario about the areas of improvement for them. We often read economic...
Growing Chinese Stature in Indian Ocean and Maldivian Politics
This article is written by Amal Sinha as a review to the assessment titled Growing Chinese Stature in Indian Ocean and Maldivian Politics by Dr Ritu Agarwal. While China does want to dominate the...
