China’s Growing Influence in the Caribbean
The question that may be asked of the future is whether China’s loans to countries in the Caribbean might lead to a debt-crisis with infrastructure being handed over to China as countries are unable...
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China’s Arms Sales in the Latin America-Caribbean Region
Over the last decade, China has made remarkable inroads into the Latin American arms market. From almost zero in 2005 to over USD 130 million in 2014, China has carefully and systematically emerged as...
The alternative to Chinese debt for Africa from Japan and India
China’s sprawling Belt and Road Initiative has made developed nations anxious about losing influence in the developing world. The U.S. and the EU are each advancing their own new strategic initiatives to support development...
Chinese consulate attack puts Pakistan between a rock and a hard place
Two attacks in Pakistan, including a brazen assault on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, are likely to complicate prime minister Imran Khan’s efforts to renegotiate China’s massive, controversial Belt and Road investments as well...
With China-US tensions on the rise, does Australia need a new defence strategy?
There is no evidence that China has ever contemplated using its nuclear weapons to coerce another state. Instead, China has maintained a “no first use policy” on nuclear weapons. Surprising as it may sound...
New Government in Bhutan: Initial signs a worry for India?
Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) got a very strong mandate in Bhutan’s recently held general elections. A party that was formed just 5 years back in 2013. The DNT is headed by Dr Lotay Tshering,...
The duality of the US policies over S-400: Elephant, Dragon and Bear
In an interesting move, Indian EAM Sushma Swaraj received Russian president Vladimir Putin at New Delhi Airport. This visit by Russian president is at the time when Washington is reluctant on New Delhi’s signing...
The risks of a new Cold War between the US and China are real: here’s why
Donald Trump is making good on his trade war rhetoric with China, announcing tariffs on a further US$200 billion worth of goods from the PRC. As China promises retaliation, the warmth of the Mar-a-Lago summit of April 2017 is...
Africa: How to Unlock Manufacturing Potential
By Landry Signé Washington. DC — How to unlock the manufacturing and industrialization potential in Africa? The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA III, 2016-2025) but...
Sanctioning Iran, Developing Relations With India and the New Eeconomic Order
On May 8, 2018, President Donald Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and would re-impose sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran that had...
