China China and the Strategic Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic April 7, 2020 0 Image Credit: COVID-19 by Silvision/Flickr, License: CC BY-ND 2.0. Written by Neil Munro. The COVID-19 Pandemic has strategic implications with which military planners, political leaders,…
Business and Politics Sharp decline in US imports from China as Mexico becomes #1 trading partner in 2019 March 23, 2020 0 Image credit: Bandera de México by Christian Frausto Bernal/Flickr; licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Enrique Dussel Peters. At the end of January of 2020,…
Belt and Road Initiative China’s involvement in the Levant: It’s the economy after all March 20, 2020 0 Image credit: Suez Canal (2007-06-345) by Vyacheslav Argenberg/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Yoram Evron. The Levant – a sub-region of the Middle East consisting…
Asia How Asia perceives China in the context of BRI: Evidence from an Asian poll March 19, 2020 0 Image Credit: Secretary-General Addresses Belt and Road Initiative Forum, Beijing by United Nations Photo/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Zhenqing Zheng. Following the end of…
Belt and Road Initiative Exploring China’s strategic intentions in Central, West and South Asia March 18, 2020 0 Image credit: P1020506 by Will Clayton/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Anoush Ehteshami. Since the early 2000s, the great, major and regional powers alike…
China The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on relations between China and the Middle East March 17, 2020 0 Image credit: Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 by NIAID/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Zi Yang. Since its emergence in China in December 2019, COVID-19 has…
Asia China-Malaysia Relations under the BRI: Seeing beyond Mahathir/Najib February 25, 2020 0 Image Credit: Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action by UN WOMEN/ Flickr; licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Guanie…
Belt and Road Initiative Can the BRI resolve China’s economic woes? February 19, 2020 0 Image credit: China by tonynetone/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Sriparna Pathak. The terms most commonly associated with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are…
China Cards on the table: Duterte’s power aces and policy bets for Philippine security February 14, 2020 0 Image Credit: Ace of Hearts - Poker" by pokerphotos/flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. At the two-tier game of national security, Philippine President…
Conservation Captive elephant tourism in Asia: Hope for Asian elephants or a threat? December 10, 2019 0 Image Credit: Thai Elephant, Dave Bezaire Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 Written by Jan Schmidt-Burbach. Malee, a 25-year-old female Asian elephant, is using her trunk…
