Slavehood 2017
By Peter Koenig
We thought slavehood has been abolished a long time ago. Peter Koenig begs to disagree as he describes how we live in...
How the 2016 Election Mirrors Failure of US Democracy, and the Implications on Sino-US...
By Zhang Zhixin
The election mirrors failure of US democracy by showing that the party elites try to manipulate the primary process, the election system...
Mutual Gains, Not Shared Values: The New Normal In International Relations?
By Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
Much talk about the evolving global political and economic landscape largely ignores the major underlying factor driving this transformational shift,...
Gold Trade between Russia and China – a Step Closer Towards De-Dollarisation?
Transcript of Sputnik – SKYPE Interview – 6 September 2017
By Peter Koenig
The world has been dependent on the dollar – but maybe not anymore....
The Trump-Xi Summit Paves the Way to New Realism in US-Chinese Trade
By Dan Steinbock
Despite preliminary pessimism, the Trump-Xi Summit showed greater trade pragmatism than initially expected, even though it was overshadowed by a raw...
Fascism on the March
By Peter Koenig
Latin America is re-converting into Washington’s backyard and as a sideline is returning to fascist rule, similar but worse than the sixties seventies...
The War in Gaza Opens Up New Opportunities for China in the Middle East
By Shaun Narine
The western world’s support for Israel as it attacks Gaza has provoked fury across the Arab world and much of the Global South.
This situation undermines the West’s international...
Opportunities and Limits of China’s Role in Afghanistan
By Angela Stanzel
China’s increasing engagement in Afghanistan reflects its interests in a stable immediate and wider neighbourhood, in particular since Beijing announced to revive...
Taking a Post-Brexit Britain Seriously: Finding a New Balance in Sino-British “Golden Era” with...
By Dr. Winnie King
With Britain’s new government still reeling from the potential costs of Brexit, China as the world’s second largest economy is...
New Arms and Nuclear Risks Could Spell End to the Asian Century
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Since 1945, the only successful economic modernization worldwide has occurred in Asia, with focus...
