This article was originally published on The Kootneeti, on May 20th, 2020. Thank you to The Kootneeti for their kind authorisation to re-publish. On Monday,…
Asia Power Watch
Despite soft diplomacy efforts, it appears that China’s dream of selling its “shared human destiny” narrative is dissipating. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated economic upheaval…
A few days ago, Las Vegas Sands announced it has shelved its plans to open a casino in Japan. Previously, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resort…
The brutal ending of talks between Boeing and Embraer, over the acquisition by the former of the latter’s Commercial Aviation division, has prompted speculations in…
With the global health and economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the dis-information campaign has picked up steam. A consequence of this has been…
In March 2019, when Italy became the first G7 country to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),…
Predictably dramatic reactions followed Beijing’s late-March announcement of yet another modification of China’s Covid-19 case statistics. Some remained objective: Time Magazine remarked that “it was…
At the time of writing, the author is confined to her home as a consequence of the state of emergency adopted by the Government of…
China to the rescue Much has been said and written about China coming to the rescue of the rest of the World, establishing medical airlifts…
Throughout their history, the United States have built their identity as a great power around the figure of their external enemies. In a similar way…