Global Policy & Analysis Think Tank
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has used the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha as an occasion to reiterate his commitment to ever deeper and more meaningful inter-communal relations in The Philippines with a particular emphasis on the contribution Moros (Philippine Muslims) make to their country. Duterte issued the following Eid message: “In […]
As India’s ultra-nationalist BJP government becomes ever more assertive against perceived foreign rivals and internal religious and ethnic minority groups as well as downcast Hindus, an ever more confident attack on free speech is transpiring in a country that continues to promote itself as the “world’s largest democracy”. Throughout last […]
Until this summer, much of the world considered Hong Kong to be a place of financial opportunity, the shopping mall of Asia, a place of luxurious excitement in a cradle of safety and moreover a bit of China for people that don’t particularly care for fully authentic Chinese culture. Today […]
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued a stark warning that the appeasing of Narendra Modi’s expansionist, sectarianism and Hindutva supremacist march on annexed Jammu and Kashmir will result in the proliferation of genocide with Kashmiris being the first and foremost victims. In his admonition of global indifference in the […]
From a diverse history to a sectarian crisis The modern borders of India do not precisely correspond to those of any one of the many sovereign entities that arose in south Asia over the millennia. Instead, today’s India in terms of its political geography was shaped by the modern Partition […]
Before old age we revert to form Like the hollow man before the storm Piling sticks before the door Knowing that the earth’s wrath is more than lore. And so it is with nations of men Trying to carve out a place in hell When all the wood has turned […]
When it comes to various liberal-western backed insurgencies across Asia, Africa and Latin America, there is always a domineering partner in the relationship. The major western powers have traditionally used “colour revolution” style insurgencies not only as a means to remove UN recognised governments whose economic, trading and/or foreign policy […]
Not since Rizal has The Philippines produced a major national figure who prioritises internal development over aligning with one or multiple external powers as is the case in respect of President Rodrigo Duterte. As such, Duterte cannot be said to be for or against China nor the United States but […]
