Global Policy & Analysis
Mixed signals regarding the state of trade negotiations between China and the United States continue to sink US stocks as a much desired pre-Christmas rally remains evasive. During a meeting before the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Chinese and American envoys made statements which demonstrate that both countries continue to […]
Sri Lanka is not the victim of foreign meddling but of a broken and confused system of governance Sri Lanka’s long running political crisis may be resolved, but the strength of Sri Lankan governance is likely going to be tarnished for years to come. This is due to a leadership […]
There are occasions when even in the most serious of geopolitical situations, prominent diplomats utter statements so absurd that one could be excused for thinking that they took place within the framework of a sketch comedy routine rather than an international press conference. But when US Secretary of State Mike […]
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that his nation’s armed force are prepared to launch an anti-terror operation in northern Syria in regions east of the River Euphrates as well as in the city of Manbij which lies just west of the Euphrates. This is significant as it demonstrates that […]
On the 14th of December, six Pakistani soldiers were killed and fourteen were seriously injured when terrorists attacked their convoy near Pakistan’s border with Iran. As a result, Pakistan has summoned the Iranian Ambassador so that Islamabad can be assured that all is being done on both sides of the […]
The following is an interview in which geopolitical expert Andrew Korybko offers his analysis of Saudi Arabia’s decision to offer new investments to India at a time when the US is leveraging its main south Asian partner against its partnership with Iran. The interview was originally published in the Farsi […]
A regional strategic doctrine with any degree of coherence and undercut by well-defined objectives and principles is something Pakistan has never quite had before in the past. The weak position under which Pakistan entered the 21st Century vis-à-vis its immediate neighbourhood was cemented by the Benazir-Nawaz era disregard for managing […]
The Balangiga Bells return to their rightful owners In 1901, American soldiers seized the bells of the Church of San Lorenzo de Martir in Balangiga, Eastern Samar, during the violent Philippine-American war. The bells remained on US soil as largely forgotten war trophies although for many Filipinos the long awaited return of […]
The Turkey-US agreement on Manbij appears to have broken down Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made his strongest statement to-date regarding Ankara’s fury at the United States for failing to fufill its promises to cooperate with Turkish forces in clearing the northern Syrian city of Manbij of the YPG/PKK terror […]
While Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was ambushed and murdered shortly after he entered his country’s consulate in Istanbul on the 2nd of October, just under two months later on the 1st of December, the US did something to an innocent Chinese businesswoman that in terms of its deviousness, seriousness […]
