Global Policy & Analysis Think Tank
China is a country that admires success whether internally or internationally. Indeed it was Deng Xiaopin’s drive to learn from global best practices in industry whilst retaining indigenous cultural characteristics that laid the crucial foundation for China’s rise as an economic superpower. As China now looks to become more of […]
Indian officials and their media allies have attempted to smear the Referendum 2020 campaign for an independent Khalistan as a “pro-Pakistan” movement, but it’s actually an indigenous pro-Sikh one that even criticized Islamabad for curtailing its activities earlier this year, thus proving that New Delhi is deceiving the world with […]
The press conference that was held before the summit of the Pakistani and American leaders covered a lot of ground and lasted quite a while, but here are the most important takeaways for those who didn’t have time to watch it all or read the entire transcript: * Trump revealed […]
Condescending voices continue to state that The Philippines is “not ready” for constitutional reform and worse yet that the Filipino people aren’t equipped to understand the reforms that are at stake. These insulting and borderline racist points of view defy both logic and good political strategy. In terms of the […]
It was easily foreseeable that Imran Khan and Donald Trump would develop a good personal rapport once they got the opportunity to meet in person. For Trump ,the personal is political and as such, dynamic, unique and charismatic leaders appeal to him over the bland, technocratic and uninspiring. For this […]
Donald Trump’s press conference delivered whilst hosting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was highly instructive on multiple levels. Although issues regarding the US relationship to Pakistan as well as issues relating to neighbouring India, Afghanistan and Iran featured heavily in the lengthy exchange with the press, Trump’s remark on Hong […]
Modi disastrously bungled India’s famous policy of so-called “non-alignment” over the past year and ensured that the summit between Pakistani Prime Minister Khan and US President Trump was an unprecedented success in changing the strategic chessboard in South Asia. Afghanistan, Trade, And Kashmir All of Eurasia is still trying to […]
The Philippines and Pakistan are two large developing countries that have each seen many of their people travel abroad for material opportunities. Whilst the attitude of some leaders in such countries is “good riddance”, such an attitude is not only deeply crude but it is deeply unpatriotic. When people from […]
It was a Sunday night and Washington’s large Capital One Arena was packed. But it wasn’t packed for basketball or a music concert, it was 20,000 people who came to listen to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. It was at this moment when on a cultural level, decades of mistrust […]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has confirmed that Donald Trump has no desire to personally sanction Turkey over Ankara’s purchase of the Russian made S-400 missile defence system. However, Çavuşoğlu has left open the possibility that other figures in Washington could effectively overrule the generally peace minded Trump in favour […]
