Tag: Asia Pacific
India desperately trying to mend fences with China: But why?
M K Bhadrakumar | Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hurried 36-hour visit to Singapore to attend the 13th East Asia Summit, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and...
US-Taliban talks: Some good news? – Imtiaz Gul
Imtiaz Gul | In the maze of negativity generated post general elections in July, some good news has begun greeting us all; the British High...
Global Economy suffers as Trump’s Trade war continues
News Analysis | The farmers in the United States are facing a hard situation as to where to put the piles of harvested grain which...
Oil price climbs after Saudi Arabia announces production cuts
AFP | Oil prices climbed on Monday as the world's biggest supplier Saudi Arabia announced plans to cut production, in the face of fears of...
US-Russia-China triangle in flux, again
M K Bhadrakumar | In a conversation with the Financial Times last week, Henry Kissinger made a highly significant remark about President Donald Trump’s attempt...
Israel pulls out of race for UN Security Council seat
AFP | Israel dropped out Friday of a race for a Security Council seat in 2019 and 2020 following a campaign by Arab states at...
China-Philippine set to settle bilateral disputes on the South China Sea
News Analysis | Philippine Foreign Secretary, Alan Peter Cayetano felw to China on March 20, 2018 to pursue talks on possible joint development projects in...
Australia and ASEAN: More loopholes than Swiss cheese
News Analysis | Australia’s Prime Minister, the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MP hosted Australia’s first-ever summit with ASEAN on Australian soil on March 17-18, 2018. He...
Is India eyeing to become a new power in Asia Pacific?
M K Bhadrakumar | Static diplomacy, like stale fish, stinks. Therefore, it is gratifying to see the delightful vagueness of the formulation in Prime Minister...
Trump’s flattery won’t work with Xi Jinping
M K Bhadrakumar | The US President Donald Trump was the first world statesman to telephone his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping following the latter’s re-election to...
The road to ‘Strong & progressive India’ passes through Beijing, not...
M K Bhadrakumar | If anyone ever told the nation that India should be prepared to fight a “two-front war” with China, he must have...
The New World Order: Where China, not the US, will govern!
Alina Malik | China was leveraging its clout by galvanizing nations to come to terms with its One Belt, One Road initiative. The success of...
Will Trump continue ‘Pivot to Asia’ policy to contain China?
Abdul Rahim | The U.S’s Pivot to Asia The inauguration of President Trump will restructure U.S foreign policy with a greater emphasis on controlling a ‘rising...
