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.

European Commission’s Paper for “No Deal“ Brexit

[John Bruton] European Commission's Paper sets out the preparations necessary for Brexit without a deal.

Is Neo-liberal Economic Model a Failure?

[Fotini Mastroianni] Neo-liberal economic model is being represented as more glorified in many countries across the world, though the model is proven to be a complete failure in the first country of its full implementation i.e. the United States. Yet this model of complete misery is applied across the world, including Greece.

Harder Brexit Means Harder Resolution of Irish Border Problem

[John Bruton] The proposals the United Kingdom government is making for its future relationship with the European Union will run into a number of obstacles in coming days.