Chinese leader Xi Jinping has not been publicly seen since his return from the SCO summit to Beijing. He has been “invisible” for over a week, skipping a high-level military meeting and the annual United Nations General Assembly. With China...
One step away from Israel and four from Syria. Lebanon is like a powder keg ready to explode. But its inhabitants, also helped by international cooperation, do not stop looking for peace and modernity. Read the report here.
The power projects under the much-hyped China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have long been considered a harbinger for closer Sino-Pak cooperation by the two countries. While the progress on most of the infrastructure components remained sluggish since CPEC’s inception in...
If the Ukraine war and subsequent sanctions on Russia by the US and its western allies have benefited any country in finding a greater foothold in the arms market of Africa, it is China. It has emerged as a major...
Italy will have a new government from October. The result of the elections should place in a position of dominant power, for the first time in the history of the Italian Republic, a party of the post-fascist right. And in...
The concept of “European strategic autonomy” began to gain ground in discussions in 2020, when the needs related to the pandemic and the perception of the great distance between the Trump presidency in the United States and the European Union...
There is no doubt that less than six months before the crucial 20th Party Congress, which would reinstate Xi Jinping for five years, all is not smooth in China. The infighting within the party is going on and the fight...
Pakistan experienced a series of street protests and rallies in various provinces, on divergent issues. In a way, the demonstrations brought out by people, showcase the inefficient, divisive and autocratic policies of the state. The economic condition of the country...
The Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government’s failure to secure electoral majority in the Punjab provincial assembly by-elections in July 2022 and the unexpected victory of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party has created an unprecedented situation in terms of political and financial...
Lebanon has become a failed state in recent years. It is in a continuous political paralysis that prevents the formation of a functioning government and this reality has contributed to the deterioration of the country into a severe economic crisis...