China
Can Sri Lanka be ‘neutral’ with an ‘India first’ policy?
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
In several interviews after his recent appointment as Secretary to the Foreign Ministry, Adm. (Retd.) Jayanath Colombage has sought to explain the...
A pandemic of bad science
By Walter Scheirer
Jul 20, 2020
ABSTRACT
What can epidemiological models tell us about our potential exposure to COVID-19? What progress is being made with regard to...
Trump Administration to Ban WeChat, TikTok From US App Stores Starting...
Stricter measures taken against WeChat, TikTok has a deadline to work out a deal with a US company
By Dave DeCamp
Posted on September 18,...
The end of the Balkans
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Sep. 14, 2020
The day before yesterday, Serbian President Vucic was ridiculed by signing an agreement in the White House without even knowing...
Maidan, Navalny, Kastellorizo: The Chaos Strategy
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Twenty years ago, I was covering the Munich Security Forum as a journalist and I took an interview from Brent Scawcroft, National...
A comment from BESA on Iranian – Chinese relationship
Why Iran Is Turning East
By Emil Avdaliani
August 26, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: US pressure might have been an immediate impetus behind the recently leaked Iran-China deal,...
US seeks formal alliance similar to Nato with India, Japan and...
Washington’s goal is to get countries in the Indo-Pacific region to work together as a bulwark against ‘a potential challenge from China’, says the...
How much does Africa owe, and to whom?
Aug. 29, 2020
African debt is a painful subject for the continent, and in many ways a dark one: no one dares give exact figures,...
Chinese military fires ‘aircraft-carrier killer’ missile into South China Sea in...
By Kristin Huang
26 Aug, 2020
China launched two missiles, including an “aircraft-carrier killer”, into the South China Sea on Wednesday morning, a source close to the...
America’s unholy crusade against China
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
Aug. 6, 2020
Many white Christian evangelicals in the United States have long believed that America has a God-given mission to save...