Amid an unprecedented economic crisis driven by mismanagement of finances and ill-timed tax cuts, the Sri Lankan government is struggling to provide basic needs to its 22 million citizens. It is pertinent to mention that China’s excessive loans were partly responsible for Sri Lanka facing fears of going bankrupt, and […]
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Russia Joins the Asian Club
Even if Putin had never invaded Ukraine, Russia was tilting ever more toward embedding itself in the Asian system. This decade will feature Russia becoming an anchor of it. But if Putin survives, so does Putinism and the tradition of authoritarian strongmen violently settling disputes according to their whims. Although […]
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Pakistan Military & Imran Khan Spar Over ‘3 Options’ Claim As No-confidence Motion Looms
In a significant political development, Pakistan’s military establishment rebutted Imran Khan’s claim that he was asked to choose between three options ahead of the no-confidence motion. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Pakistani news outlet ARY News on Friday, Khan alleged that the military establishment had asked him to either […]
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Poll: Will China Attack Taiwan?
Over the past 10 months, the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project at William & Mary’s Global Research Institute surveyed international relations (IR) experts at U.S. universities and colleges on three occasions about the likelihood of a Chinese attack on Taiwan. This expert crowd predicted Russia’s invasion about a […]
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China Is Choking Off Asia’s Most Important River
The largest freshwater fish family in the world is Cyprinidae, among them carps and minnows, silvery and delicate. Trey riel—“money fish” —is the Khmer name for several of its species. Most are no larger than a thumb, though some can grow to the size of a forearm. Riel is the […]