Khashoggi versus 50,000 Slaughtered Yemeni Children
By Peter Koenig
The European Parliament has asked last October 25 for an immediate embargo on the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, hence sanctioning...
How China’s Simultaneous Carrots and Sticks Work in Southeast Asia
By Huong Le Thu
China’s applies simultaneously dual tactics of coercion and inducement to assert its position regionally and globally. Demonstrations in Vietnam and the...
Helsinki – Trump and Putin – a Showdown for Summer Doldrums or a Genuine...
By Peter Koenig
The Helsinki Summit – or the Treason Summit, as some call it – of the 16th of July, has come and gone. It...
IRAN : Why we really do need globalisation more than ever before
By Graham Vanbergen
Globalisation has rapidly become the new buzzword driving isolationism and protectionism that has led to European citizens losing out to offshored jobs, reduced...
The Koreas Unified and at Peace? – How about Syria, Iran and Venezuela?
By Peter Koenig
Peace – in the Koreas, is what the world expects; and Peace in the world is what humanity expects, the vast majority...
Betting Big on CPEC
By Xiangming Chen, S.K. Joseph and Hamna Tariq
With the launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), one fundamental question to ask is if this...
The Way to the New Cold War
By Dan Steinbock
Despite continued nuclear threats, all US postwar presidents have failed to reset relations with Russia. Why?
The “New Cold War” between the US...
How To (and Not To) Navigate between US and China
By Dan Steinbock
The first 18 months of the Duterte government suggest that the effort to recalibrate the Philippines’ ties between the US and China...
Trump’s Asia Tour: From Old Conflicts to New Prospects
By Dan Steinbock
Trump’s gruelling 12-day...
Oscillating Nationalism in an Era of Trump and Putin
By Glen Duerr
At odds with each other for half a century, American and Russian nationalist animosity thawed with the end of the Cold War....