Thailand’s Growing Defense and Military Ties with China

[Bahauddin Foizee] The growing military cooperation raises questions about Thailand’s long-term strategic intentions and the balance of power in Southeast Asia.

Iranian Regime’s Lost Moral Standing in Syria & Iraq

[Bahauddin Foizee]
Iran's IRGC had carried out the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Syria with the help from Assad’s army and Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. In Iraq, the IRGC had carried out the campaign with the help of sectarian elements in Iraqi army, Iran-backed militias and Hezbollah.

Trump Administration’s Mideast Policy

[John Bruton]
Trump Administration's Middle East policy is increasing the risk of unintended conflict between the US forces and Iranian forces & loyal militias. The policy is also making a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict impossible and a one-state solution more inevitable.

New Way Forward on Brexit

[John Bruton]
How might a New Way Forward on Brexit be uncovered if the Existing Deal is not Accepted?

Vietnam’s Salience in India’s Act-East Policy

[Dr. Pankaj Jha]
Under India’s Act East policy, Vietnam will remain the important vantage point to project India’s development, trade and investment priorities.

Brexit Testing UK’s Parliament Sovereignty

[John Bruton]
Parliament, not the monarch, and not people by referendum, is sovereign -- a principle not contained in a written constitution, but it is longstanding in the UK constitutional system.

Europe Ignores Correlation between Economic Growth and Birth Deficit

[Fotini Mastroianni]
While there is massive immigration from other countries, many European countries' domestic productive population that would help local economic growth is pushed to immigration -- a policy that is bizarre and does not help economic growth.

Problem Lies with Brexit Itself

[John Bruton]
New barriers – including the fact that the UK will be (after Brexit) having different standards, trade arrangements and tariffs than the EU – will bring delays, extra bureaucracy, and eventually bankruptcies, in their wake.

Open Letter to Aung San Suu Kyi

[Asma Masood]
Is it not time once again, Ms. Suu Kyi, to sing the tunes of Myanmar’s democratic spirit?

Kondratieff Wave and the Coming Big War

[Fotini Mastroianni]
Reasons for this war will be the intense competition mainly on raw materials and markets as well as on the multipolar distribution of military power among big countries.

Large-scale Farming Good for Environment

[Robin Limb] Innovation, entrepreneurship and technology have important roles to play in feeding the world’s growing population.

Asian Quad: Synthesis between China’s OBOR and US-led Quad

[Dr. Pankaj Jha]
The idea of an Asian Quad – comprising of Japan, India, Vietnam and Indonesia – would help to narrow the growing mistrust between China and the US, and would create an edifice acceptable to both. Hence, these two major powers need to subscribe to this idea of an Asian Quad.