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History’s Lens: How to Look at China
A question about historical precedents for China’s rise landed in my reader mailbag last week. “What,” my correspondent asked, “is the better optic for looking at China today — Bismarckian/Wilhelmine...
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The Long Immigrant Train
One out of every four refugees in the world is from Afghanistan. Many make their escape via the Tora Larah, the Black Way, a long and dangerous underground railroad that winds through Afghanistan,...
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The New Great Games
Countries are “pieces on a chessboard upon which is being played out a great game for the domination of the world,” wrote Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, in 1898. Nothing has changed. The shopping mall...
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Heading Nowhere
Because Israel is the strongest and the PNA the weakest and defenceless, Tel Aviv now negotiates, even as it expands its colonies, to make the ‘two-state solution’ totally unfeasible Read Here – Gulf...
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The Curse Of The Ottomans
America’s tentative return to the battlefields of Iraq, however reminiscent it is of unfinished American business there, is also a deadly reminder that the Arab world is still trying to sort out the...
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The Coming Anti-National Revolution
The next revolution will not abolish the consequences of place of birth, but the privileges of nationhood will be tempered. While the rise in anti-immigrant sentiment around the world today seems to...
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Key Facts About Refugees To The U.S.
Historically, the total number of refugees coming to the U.S. has fluctuated along with global events and U.S. priorities. From 1990 to 1995, an average of about 112,000 refugees arrived in the U.S....
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‘Tibet Card’ Added to India-China Border Mix As Tibetan Flag Is Hoisted At...
Dr Lobsang Sangay, head of the Tibetan government in exile. Photo courtesy; Central Tibet Administration Even as the stand-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers continued in one part of the...
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The Twists And Turns Along China’s Belt And Road
China’s trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative could potentially transform relations with over 60 countries across Eurasia, Africa and beyond. But to bring the concept to fruition, Beijing must...
View ArticleWhy Hasn’t The UN Led The Fight Against COVID-19?
COVID-19 is an international scourge of misery, pain, and trauma… The disease is the very definition of a global problem: it doesn’t respect borders, spreads on human contact, and turns airplanes,...
View ArticleWhy China Prefers To Maintain Inflamed Borders
While China’s many contested border areas may appear to have become more inflamed coincident with its rising global ambitions, the reality is that Beijing has long stoked and sustained borderland...
View ArticleChina’s Himalayan Salami Tactics
China is applying the same strategy on the roof of the world that has driven its expansion in the South China Sea: gradual territorial encroachments followed by militarised construction. So far, this...
View ArticleWhy The Future Of Global Order Hinges On Ukraine
What made Russia’s invasion so shocking was its anachronistic nature. For decades, this kind of territorial conquest had seemed to be a thing of the past… This restraint formed the basis of the...
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