POLITICS
-
The West needs Pakistan to break the Saudi-Iranian polarization of the Persian Gulf
By Behrooz Ayaz and Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill Pakistan is a neglected democratic ally of the West, and possesses a sophisticated…
Read More » -
Does the US fear a new missile crisis in Cuba?
The conflict in Ukraine would have been the trigger for the beginning of a time of thaw in relations between…
Read More » -
Xi’s endgame and strategic power maneuvers
By Collins Chong Yew Keat For as much as the war in Ukraine caused unprecedented reverberations across the globe in…
Read More » -
The Great Game is alive and well, in India
By Richard E. Caroll From the early beginnings of the 1800s, shortly after the Napoleonic Wars, the struggle between Great…
Read More » -
Regional quagmire and looming fragility of deterrence impact
By Collins Chong Yew Keat Soaring tensions as a result of the surprising provocative moves by North Korean leader Kim…
Read More » -
The legacy of the opium trade in Hong Kong
During the difficult years that preceded the British handover of Hong Kong to China the Chinese government’s intense antipathy to…
Read More » -
Iran: time to avoid another failed U.S. policy
By Raphael Benaroya Not much has been going right for the Biden Administration. Foreign and domestic policies have undermined our…
Read More » -
Kim’s nuclear brinkmanship and power trap
By Collins Chong Yew Keat Kim’s new strategy shifts the region’s counter-reactions to a new level of risk that will…
Read More » -
Renewed violence in Darfur: an unstable Sudan
24 April 2022 saw renewed violence in the Darfur Provence of Sudan between Arab militias and the indigenous tribes of…
Read More » -
Joining NATO: Sweden is playing with fire
Sweden has been a different land from almost every other. If we overlook Sweden’s military contribution on the side of…
Read More »