Author: The Kootneeti Team

What Next for Hongkonger Activism?

Hong Kong democracy activists call for strong, strategic, coordinated China policy at multilateral level to effectively tackle Communist Chinese repression. On 7th January 2021, the Henry Jackson Society, London organised a webinar panel discussion...

The EU approach of Combating Terrorism

Recently, in order to step up the fight against terrorism and violent extremism and increase the EU’s resistance to terrorist attacks, the Commission has presented a new Counter-Terrorism Agenda for the EU. The plan...

Whither the Iran Nuclear Deal?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The incoming Biden administration is keen to return to the nuclear deal with Iran, provided it contains “some amendments.” This is in contrast to the Europeans, who are mostly willing to return to...

End of the Qatar Crisis

On the eve of GCC summit, President Trump dispatched his son-in-law and senior advisor to the Middle East, Jared Kushner to the signing ceremony of normalisation of Qatar crisis. This is one of the...

Qasem Soleimani: Red Hand Worrier

Iran is a longstanding victim of pre-emptive targeted killings and attempted assassinations of military officials and nuclear scientists by foreign powers. After 2007, seven nuclear scientists were the target of assassination attempts. Recently, on...

Will RCEP Change the Game in Asia?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In a move that could represent another step in Washington’s decline and China’s hegemonic ascent in Asia, 15 state ministers signed the RCEP free trade agreement on November 15, 2020. The question...