Philippine 2022 Election Amid Elevated US-China Tensions
By Dan Steinbock
Overshadowed by US-Sino friction and xenophobic rhetoric, the 2022 election campaigns are getting ugly. Old elites hope to derail...
How We Should Talk about Racial Disparities
By Natalie Spievack and Cameron Okeke
Many 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have emphasized the role of historical and contemporary discrimination in creating and perpetuating disparities...
The ‘Import-Substitution’ Policy in Post-colonial Countries: A Review
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
I. Introduction
Post-colonial countries are those who were former colonies, and most of them, except China and those in East Asia, remain...
Central Asia Prepares for Taliban Takeover
By Gavin Helf, Ph.D. and Barmak Pazhwak
As U.S. and NATO forces drew down their military presence in Afghanistan this Summer, the country’s northern neighbors witnessed Taliban fighters...
Britain’s Scramble Out of Kabul; the Moral and Strategic Cost
By Professor Michael Clarke
The process of western withdrawal from Afghanistan in August and the scenes at Kabul airport as western allies were ushered out of the...
Sovereigns in the Courtroom: Is the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act the Golden Key?
By Kiran Nasir Gore and Charles H. Camp
How can a foreign sovereign be brought into an American courtroom to answer for its bad acts? This...
The Bilateral Swap Agreements, Chinese Currency and the Demise of the US Dollar
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
I. Introduction
I examine here the role of China’s bilateral swap agreements (BSAs) and the internationalization of its currency Renminbi (RMB). A...
Emphasizing Zakat and Waqf for Global Zero Hunger
By Randi Swandaru and Priyesta Rizkiningsih
The significant global temperature rise in the last decade has derailed the world zero hunger attainment. The increase in...
Scaling-Up Access to Finance for SMEs in Bangladesh: Pathway to Inclusive Growth
By Alexander Ayertey Odonkor
In both developed and developing economies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an essential role in driving economic growth and accelerating...
Blunting China’s Bid for Primacy
By Andrew Latham
“There is little doubt then that the Western and Chinese foreign policy communities have come to see the “rising China” phenomenon in...
