The Globalist

A recent dispute between the two regional powers highlights the risk to smaller neighbors between them.

We must accept that North Korea is a nuclear power and rely on nuclear deterrence while normalizing relations in the process.

Pakistan’s hopes to resist mounting U.S. anti-terrorism pressure by aligning itself closer with China and Russia may be disappearing fast.

The U.S. and China may seem completely out of step – but face many of the same challenges.

China has established a seven-decade-long record of strategic caution and a preference for diplomatic and paramilitary rather than military solutions to national security problems.

With its short-term focus on what currently occupies the American mind (North Korea), the U.S. is actually playing into China’s hands in Asia.

In recent years, many American leaders have grown cavalier about nuclear war, especially with Russia, but there is also risk of a devastating conflict with China.

Overcoming nationalistic barriers is more urgent than ever for pro-Western Asian countries.

Blaming Putin cannot cover up the noxious combination of collective U.S. amnesia and the transparent shift of accountability for the proper conduct in international affairs.

How does India fit into the world economy? Does the world’s soon to be most populous nation have a viable economic strategy?