China lambasts Trump as the battle lines are drawn in South Asia

News Analysis | China has come out in full support of its crucial regional ally Pakistan after President Trump called it a sponsor of terrorism....

Can Pakistan capitalize on $100 billion Chinese agricultural sector

"Where CPEC envisages an era of golden development for Pakistan’s economy, there lies at disposal a bona fide opportunity for Pakistan to unlock an...

The Turkish-Chinese Strategic Partnership Is Stronger Than Ever Before

Andrew Korybko | The Turkish Foreign Minister trumpeted his country’s strategic relations with China after a meeting with his counterpart on the sidelines of last weekend’s...

US-Russia cooperation: A necessity in the wake of North Korean jingoism

M K Bhadrakumar | The Ukraine crisis — and Russian-American relations — reaches an inflection point with the assessment made by the International Institute of...

Moscow nervous as the US-North Korean tensions rise

M K Bhadrakumar | Moscow’s diktat to the US to slash the latter’s diplomat and staff strength in Russia by 755 personnel generously put September...

China contributes to doubts about Pakistani crackdown on militants

James Dorsey |  China, at the behest of Pakistan, has for the second time this year prevented the United Nations from listing a prominent Pakistani militant...

US silence on Doklam issue is ominous

Enayat Zeb | Ever since the beginning of the Doklam stand-off between China and India, one country has been conspicuously quiet: The United States of...

The cold war roots of a new Korean war

Jacob G. Hornberger | While President Trump’s impulsiveness and erratic behavior is clearly bringing America closer to war with North Korea, the real root of...

Where Doklam traverses regional politics

M K Bhadrakumar | The regional setting in which the India-China standoff at Doklam is playing out can only be ignored at our risk. Most...

Israel and the gimmickry of geopolitics

Joseph Davis | There are signs that the war in Syria may be winding down. The Trump administration has “shifted its policies in Syria away...

Russia-China-India triangle – then and now

M K Bhadrakumar | The South China Morning Post jogged our memory by retrieving from the archives of the Wilson Centre in Washington the transcript...

Trump signs Russia sanctions bill, but spits at it

M K Bhadrakumar | There is a long history of Russia being kicked around as a political football in the United States. The circumstances leading...