China’s step down is a mystery. Is it because China cannot attempt a Tiananmen 2019 fearing global backlash? Has China…
Overt action of amassing armoured carriers and paramilitary forces in Shenzhen, and covertly running a social media disinformation campaign have…
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s attempts to amend the Constitution and the current trade skirmish between Japan and South Korea can…
North Korea is seemingly being wooed by two great powers, but in reality is caught in the middle. Between a…
One of the key factors behind China withdrawing is Taiwan, what with China still hopeful and dangling the reunification carrot.
The new American vision, marked by clarity and simplicity, reiterates that the US is a Pacific power, a resident Asian…
It appears the American move is directed less against Huawei and more against Chinese state. The thinking is that the…
While it is a forgone conclusion that both the US and China will be affected by tariffs, China will be…
The US has claimed that China’s coast guard and fishing boats are not harmless, benign entities, but de facto maritime…
Be it Europe or Asia, there is one commonality that underpins relations with China—ambivalence and pragmatism.
The 2019 North Korea-US Hanoi Summit highlighted that the US has the proverbial wild card— the promise of economic boom…
There are allegations that China’s practices force foreign companies to part with technology—a backhanded intellectual theft that has been at…
China’s command economy has returned through the backdoor, with the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the state’s effort to…
A vast body of works that takes the reader back and forth in time, gazing at the two neighbouring countries…
Japan’s Naomi Osaka, Denny Tamaki and Priyanka Yoshikawa open a Pandora’s box.
Shinzo Abe seeks an evolution of Yoshida Doctrine. Abe has made constitutional revision high on the agenda, seeking the ‘birth…
Beyond the chaff of class, riches and the fluff, ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ comes across as a reminder of the possibilities…
As a major ASEAN and regional player, actively reaching out to Japan, re-examining Chinese investments, and being upfront on the…
