The BRI initiative sits perfectly to balance two strategic objectives by leveraging China’s economic might and using it as in instrument to advance its diplomatic control in the region.
While CPEC will flush billions into the struggling Pakistan economy and rapidly speed up its development infrastructure, it is also one part of China's vision to rewrite the rules for the next era of globalisation, through its One Belt One Road project.
Chinese and not Indian firms will become more prominent in the neighbourhood, cashing in on their willingness and urgency to join OBOR.
South Koreans could not have chosen a better candidate than Moon Jae-in for the presidency, considering the current tense political and strategic situation of the Peninsula.
For the opposition to remain hopeful of getting Yameen impeached and disqualified from elections 2018 is a tall order.
During his own lifetime, Mao Zedong struggled with his own ideological prognosis and abandoned his earlier visceral dislike for capitalism.
By encouraging deep sea fishing in the Rameswaram area, authorities in India hope to reduce the pressure on the Indian and Sri Lankan seas.
Robust economic growth, coupled with a dibao-like subsistence guarantee to target poor through poverty household registry, and UBI in Macau and Hong Kong can be effectively emulated by India.
Xi has consolidated a mass of power in his own hands and is not averse to a Mao-like personalised fame.
The Iranian political landscape is multilayered, with a juxtaposition of conservatives, moderates, liberals, the military, intelligence and others fighting to build influence zones within the polity.
China expects to sign BRI agreements with nearly 20 countries and more than 20 international organisations at the forum.
With globalisation-led economic growth shifting to the East, it is only a matter of time that China, India and Southeast Asia create a counter realignment to the one being crafted in the West.
The way China is encroaching in continental South Asia and the maritime domain of the Indian Ocean — it can raise the hackles of any Indian leadership that seeks to guarantee national interest.
It is evident that China's grand-strategic priorities are tilted towards continued economic growth under the CPC watch.
Trump’s fickleness goes two ways: it is not just that American allies are no longer sure that they can count on Washington, but also that now their potential adversaries can no longer be confident that Trump will not step in either.
Sheikh Hasina's visit to India is viewed with a lot of expectations by both the countries and international observers.
Siranush Melikyan is an Assistant Professor at the Yerevan State University. ...
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Tigran Yepremyan is the Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and an Associate Professor of World History and IR at the Yerevan State University, Armenia. ...
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