How COVID- 19 weakened American leadership
Unlike Hollywood movies where Americans have the lead in saving the world, the crisis of the corona virus pandemic has shown the opposite. The first major test showed that the American health care system...
Tagged: China
New Zealand says ‘uncomfortable’ with expanding Five Eyes
New Zealand said it is “uncomfortable” with expanding the role of the Five Eyes, a post-war intelligence grouping which also includes the United States, Britain, Australia and Canada, recently criticised by China. China is...
Biden, Suga to send signal to assertive China at U.S.-Japan summit
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden will highlight Tokyo’s central role in Washington’s strategy to counter the challenge of an increasingly assertive China at a summit on Friday. While that...
China v/s the USSR and How it will affect India
The election of Joe Biden as the President of the United States of America erupted a sense of victory across the globe. It brought with it, a hope that the era of ‘trumpism’ will...
Is China a ‘security threat’?
The anarchical reality in international politics has always been a motivating factor for “states to look for opportunities to maximize their power.”[1] In his opening address to the 19th National Congress of the Chinese...
Database reveals secrets of China’s loans to developing nations, says study
The terms of China’s loan deals with developing countries are unusually secretive and require borrowers to prioritise repayment of Chinese state-owned banks ahead of other creditors, a study of a cache of such contracts...
Democracy has always been fragile in Southeast Asia. Now, it may be sliding backwards
Just five years ago, many people were optimistic that Southeast Asia had finally turned the corner when it comes to democracy. Myanmar’s military had finally loosened its decades-long grip on power when Aung San...
QUAD in the Indo-Pacific
The QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) leaders had their first summit-level meeting on 12th March 2021. Leaders of all four member-states had a virtual meeting to discuss the issues of common interest. Combating the Chinese aggression in...
West Sanctions versus East Sanctions: An effective approach for the Uighurs?
China and the West are in a new diplomatic row as the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom and the rest of the European Union members have issued sanctions against the dragon....
UNHRC Resolution Against Sri Lanka and The Expectations from India
On 23nd March Sri Lanka faced a critical resolution at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Sri Lanka has already been defeated at three consecutive resolutions at the UNHRC, since the end of...
