China has agreed to double its existing credit agreement with Pakistan from 10 billion to 20 billion Yuan in a move that will see fresh cash injections into Pakistan’s economy. This will not only help Pakistan to avoid another one-sided loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but will […]
Some political issues are too important for politicians – the people must decide Many of the heated arguments in The Philippines regarding President Rodrigo Duterte’s push to create a federal republic and wider reaching goals that remain popular among Duterte supporters to transform the country from a Presidential to a […]
This week the Turkish Lira reached a new low against an increasingly bullish Dollar in a development that has caused panic over the state of the Turkish economy. While the Lira stabilised after the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey raised interest rates, Ankara has correctly been careful to […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s national war on drugs and the crime which is a natural outgrowth of the drug culture is itself the outgrowth of Duterte’s hands-on anti-drug/anti-crime policies that were executed during his long tenure as the mayor of Davao city. From his first days as mayor in 1988, […]
These two long-running civilizational allies might abruptly see their age-old economic relations disappear after Pompeo threatened to sanction anyone who defies the US’ unilaterally implemented punitive measures against the Islamic Republic, and the long-term geostrategic implications of this move could be as far reaching as provoking a more pronounced Chinese-Indian […]
When South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrives at the White House later today for talks with Donald Trump, there will likely be many smiles and many more soft diplomatic statements appearing to demonstrate solidarity on the major issues surrounding the still scheduled but increasingly tenuous 12 June summit between Donald […]
Sofia is proceeding from the assumption that any de-facto revival of the South Stream pipeline would make it a pivotal player in the New Cold War, and contrary to most people’s initial reactions, Moscow might actually be interested. Bulgarian President Rumen Radev told Russia’s famous business publication Kommersant that his […]