China risks imperial overstretch with post-pandemic aggression

From Hong Kong to Himalayas, Xi Jinping seizes on disarray to expand global influence

India’s appeasement policy toward China unravels

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “not in a good mood,” U.S. President Donald Trump recently declared, as he offered to mediate...

India’s Appeasement Policy Toward China Unravels

NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “not in a good mood,” US President Donald Trump recently declared, as he offered to mediate...

China is its own worst enemy

New Delhi – The global backlash against China over its culpability for the international spread of the deadly coronavirus from Wuhan has gained...

China Is Its Own Worst Enemy

NEW DELHI – The global backlash against China over its culpability for the international spread of the deadly coronavirus from Wuhan has gained...

The world faces a moment of truth on China

New Delhi – The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the global geopolitical landscape, including triggering a growing backlash against China. The world...

The Chinese Health Organization?

New Delhi – The COVID-19 pandemic, much like a major war, is a defining moment for the world — one that demands major reforms of international...

The Chinese Health Organization?

NEW DELHI – The COVID-19 pandemic, much like a major war, is a defining moment for the world – one that demands major reforms of international...

The other contagion: Political and religious fanaticism

New Delhi – Just as fascism led to World War II, communism has engendered the greatest global health catastrophe of our time. The Chinese Communist...

Once-in-a-century pandemic promises to reshape our world

New Delhi – The economic and social disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic are less severe in Japan than in countries that have imposed almost total...

A made-in-China pandemic

NEW DELHI – The new COVID-19 coronavirus has spread to more than 100 countries — bringing social disruption, economic damage, sickness and death...

A Made-in-China Pandemic

NEW DELHI – The new COVID-19 coronavirus has spread to more than 100 countries – bringing social disruption, economic damage, sickness, and death...

The China factor behind Trump’s India visit

NEW DELHI – The growing global crisis over the spread of a deadly coronavirus from China — which, instead of quickly instituting public health...

Saving the world’s dying rivers

NEW DELHI – From the Tigris to the Indus and the Yangtze to the Nile, rivers were essential to the emergence of human civilization. Millenniums...

Preventing the Death of the World’s Rivers

NEW DELHI – From the Tigris to the Indus and the Yangtze to the Nile, rivers were essential to the emergence of human civilization. Millennia later,...

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America’s debilitating obsession with the Middle East

NEW DELHI – “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” U.S. President Donald Trump declared in his 2019 State of the Union speech. He had a...

America’s Debilitating Middle-East Obsession

NEW DELHI – “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” US President Donald Trump declared in his 2019 State of the Union speech. He had a point:...

Toward an Indo-Pacific concert of democracies

NEW DELHI – In his second term, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought to initiate a new practice on New Year’s Day: To discuss a shared...

Laboring under the illusion of a rules-based global order

BANGKOK – When the Cold War ended, many pundits anticipated a new era in which geoeconomics would determine geopolitics. As economic integration...

The Illusion of a Rules-Based Global Order

BANGKOK – When the Cold War ended, many pundits anticipated a new era in which geo-economics would determine geopolitics. As economic integration...

RCEP without India isn’t to Japan’s liking

NEW DELHI – India’s pullout from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), like the earlier U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific...