Tiny Lithuania is showing the way to Europe, how to protect universal values like human rights and liberal democracy and also the unity of the European Union from the challenges posed by China. Bigger members of the EU, Germany, France...
Critics in Pakistan have used the unflattering but universal saying “fools rush in….” to describe their Prime Minister Imran Khan’s flight to Moscow, the capital of what is decidedly the world’s latest war zone. There is dismay, even concern, reportedly...
Far from being a “Wild West” without coherent international law and institutions, the Arctic Ocean is governed by both global and regional agreements. While there is competition in the region over boundary claims and resources, shipping routes, and geostrategic influence,...
A decade ago, as climate change was altering the geography of the region, the resource potential of the North grabbed attention, and states saw the chance to turn a profit. Today, this focus has shifted to concerns about the increased...
In 2019, President Donald Trump offered to purchase Greenland from the Danish government. Embarrassed, the government in Copenhagen rejected the offer because nations are no longer sold in the way the former US president was used to buying New York...
The eighth edition of Forum of China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was convened at Dakar, Senegal from November 29-30, 2021 under the theme “Deepen China-Africa Partnership and Promote Sustainable Development to Build a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New...
In the post-cold war period, many ethnic disputes remain unresolved and revival of nationalist aspiration and interest of external powers in these disputes make it difficult for the resolution of these disputes. One such ethnic dispute is the Cyprus issue....
By: Dr. Andreas Østhagen, senior research fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo, and the Wilson Center, Washington DC. A decade ago, as climate change was altering the geography of the region, the resource potential of the North grabbed attention,...
The company which was once touted as China’s own “SpaceX” is repeatedly failing to deliver on over-ambitious Chinese commercial space launch plans. Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd also known as iSpace was portrayed by China as the future of...
“It seems to me our responsibility as leaders of China and the United States is to ensure that the competition between our countries does not veer into conflict, whether intended or unintended; just simple, straightforward competition.” U.S. President Joe Biden...