China
NK’s nuclear pursuit not China’s failure
For a long time, the Chinese people wrongly believed that China could "control" North Korea and that North Korea's insistence on developing nuclear capabilities...
BRICS New Development Bank president unveils plans for 2017
President of the BRICS New Development Bank Kundapur Vaman Kamath in an interview with TASS
President of the BRICS New Development Bank Kundapur Vaman Kamath...
Isolationist, anti-war, peace loving Trump: Facts vs Impressions
9 reasons Trump’s dream of Russian reconciliation is now impossible
by Adam Garrie
Donald Trump has yet again stated that he seeks...
Protecting sea lanes – what is Sri Lanka’s role?
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
The commencement of duties by Sri Lanka's new Navy Commander Vice Admiral Travis Sinniah merits special attention on account of some observations...
US, N.Korea must stop playing with fire
By Kang Jie
On August 8, two US B-1B strategic bombers took off from Guam, flew over the eastern waters of North Korea and then...
India withdraws from Doklam/Donglang
The summer-long standoff ended just as a BRICS summit begins in China.
by Adam Garrie
The Chinese Foreign Ministry and Indian Ministry of External Affairs...
Australian government offers to send troops to the Philippines
By Mike Head
30 August 2017
For the second time this month, without any public consultation, the Turnbull government has moved to place Australia...
China warns tensions on Korean Peninsula at ‘tipping point’
China has warned that the situation on the Korean Peninsula has reached “tipping point,” just hours after Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile. Meanwhile, North...
The Costs of Ignoring Russia | by Dimitri Simes
Dimitri K. Simes
August 13, 2017
Note: this article is part of a symposium on U.S.-Russia relations included in the September/October 2017 issue of the National Interest.
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Encircling China and Using India against it
Doklam then and now: from British to Chinese interests, follow the money
A stalemate in the Himalayas, a three-way territorial struggle, fears of foreign hegemony...