Philippines: From Peaceful, Nuclear-Free ASEAN to Battle-Ready Indo-Pacific?
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
As the Duterte era is gradually ending, new arms races and nuclear proliferation cast a dark shadow over Southeast Asia. The...
As The Fed Preps For Tapering, Expect More Volatility In Asia
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Economic recovery has proved elusive in Asia, thanks to the West’s pandemic mismanagement and vaccine inequality. The Fed’s impending tapering will...
America’s Revolving-Door Politics Behind the Fall of US-Sino Ties
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
The US-Sino ties plunged in the Trump era, but the downfall has intensified in the Biden era. Without policy shifts, the...
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...
How the Bui Dam set up China’s future engagement strategy with Ghana
By Kwame Adovor Tsikudo
Aid, trade and foreign direct investments typify China’s global rise and its African activities. Central to China’s expanding relationship with African...
Focus on China? What Does the Carbis Bay G7 Summit Tell Us
By Chee Leong Lee
With China up in the air, the recently concluded Carbis Bay G7 Summit has been marred by intensive reporting by international...
Rethinking the US-China fight: Does China really threaten American power abroad?
By Andrew Latham
President Joe Biden is so far maintaining his predecessor’s tough China policy, which aims to curb China’s international power both economically and politically.
In...
How China and EU can help with Asia’s Post-pandemic Recovery
By Huiyao (Henry) Wang
The pandemic has cast a severe negative influence on the world economy. The Global Economic Outlook Report released by the Organization...
Racial bias makes white Americans more likely to support wars in nonwhite foreign countries...
By Vladimir Enrique Medenica and David Ebner
The effects of American racial bias and anti-Asian sentiment do not end at the nation’s borders. The racial...
China and the west: competing traditions make true friendship highly unlikely – here’s why
By Professor Astrid Nordin and Professor Graham M. Smith
At the 2021 summit of the G7, which was held in Cornwall in the west of England,...
