Belt and Road Initiative China manoeuvres to protect its interests while keeping its hands clean March 26, 2020 0 Image credit: Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors by Robert Sullivan/Flickr; licence: Public Domain Mark 1.0. Written by James M. Dorsey. The question is not if, but…
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,…
China The US and China signed the Phase One trade deal: What next? February 24, 2020 0 Image Credit: President Trump at the G20 by The White House/Flickr; Licence: Public Domain Mark 1.0. Written by Penelope B. Prime. The US and China signed…
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…
History Sport and colonialism in the Philippines January 13, 2020 0 Image Credit: village basketball by yumievriwan/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Gerald R. Gems. On 15 February 1898, the USS Maine, an American battleship mysteriously exploded…
International Relations What Brings the US and Taiwan Close Together? August 21, 2019 0 Written by Yu-Hua Chen. Image credit: President Tsai arrives in the United States by the Office of the President, Republic of China/Flickr, license CC BY…
China Threats and Opportunities for Taiwan in the Trump and Xi Era August 19, 2019 0 Written by Joel Atkinson. Image credit: Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore/Flickr, license: CC BY-SA 2.0 With so much going on, it is a daunting task…
Asia A delicate balancing act in South Asia July 22, 2019 0 Written by Muhammad Nawaz Khan. Image Credit: Global Panorama/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Relations between Pakistan and Russia have a troubled history of divergence that intensified during the…
China From alliance to trade war: The role of China’s ‘American Hands’ in the formation of Sino-US relations July 1, 2019 0 Written by Hao Chen. Image Credit: Members of the Fourth Marine Regiment Drum and Trumpet Corps in China, circa 1930 by USMC Archives/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. On 13…
China Is China’s cyber-espionage a military game-changer? May 7, 2019 0 Written by Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli. According to an internal Navy review, China has the U.S. Navy “under cyber siege,” and Navy suppliers and contractors struggle to…