It’s inevitable that CPEC’s economic momentum will lead to it strategically expanding into the Gulf, so China and Pakistan should use Trump’s latest tweet urging countries to militarily protect their own oil tankers there to operationalize the Arabian aspect of W-CPEC+ and indirectly counter India’s (and possibly soon even its […]
According to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Iran was responsible for causing severe explosions on a Japanese owned oil tanker as it sailed through the Gulf of Oman. The fact that this occurred when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe was in Tehran meeting with Iran’s Supreme Leader and President […]
Trump publicly blackmailed President Xi by demanding that the Chinese leader hold trade talks with him at the G20 or he’ll immediately impose tariffs on $300 billion worth of imports, which is bold psychological warfare on his counterpart designed to make him “lose face” either way and therefore exacerbate factional […]
The US’ recently released “Indo-Pacific Strategy Report” envisages India playing a key role in this vast transregional space in order to “contain” China, while Pakistan is conspicuously absent from the text despite being one of the few nuclear weapons states, among the most populous countries in the world, and the […]
Under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte, The Philippines has experienced an upturn in its economic fortunes with both Asian and western investors looking at the potential of a consistently growing ASEAN economy that is both ideally located as well as being home to a young widely English speaking population […]
The Mainstream and Alternative Medias have poked fun at Trump’s Japanese sojourn after he was spotted playing golf, eating cheeseburgers, and watching sumo wrestling as if he was just a regular tourist on vacation, but in reality, the American President accomplished quite a lot behind the scenes when it comes […]
The biggest internal and external problems with the Japanese economy have remained remarkably consistent over the last 30+ years. Japan continues to operate on a very closed economic model whose comparative success is contingent upon the popularity of Japanese exports worldwide. This has remained the case even after Japan’s economy […]
North East Asia is one of the most prosperous, most highly literate and most technologically advanced regions on the planet. But although North East Asia is known collectively as a place of innovation and quality production techniques, in the 21st century it should also become a place of peace and […]
Reports from Seoul indicate that last night, the DPRK tested a short range rocket off of the east coast of Korea. Although this test is a far cry from the nuclear capable ICBM tests of 2017, Pyongyang has nevertheless delivered a cogent message to the wider world. This comes just […]
Nedka Babliku has launched a new interview and discussion show called The Big East. Below is an interview in which she explains what The Big East is all about. EF: What is the Big East? NB: The Big East is a talk show on politics, business, arts and culture centred […]