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A New Silk Road: China’s Belt and Road Initiative

In 2013, President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China announced an ambitious initiative, known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), or...

Central Asia: Potemkin Village of Turkmenistan 2/2

The government of Turkmenistan is generally denying the existence of any poverty in the country. It has failed to provide successful support to vulnerable...

EU-UK Post-Brexit Trade Talks

The European Commission has accused the UK of violating its obligations under the Brexit deal. Recall that the Brexit agreement between the EU and...

North Korea’s Nuclear Threat

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, debuted its latest nuclear weapon on 10th October 2020 during a...

Central Asia: Potemkin Village of Turkmenistan ½

Central Asia: Potemkin Village of Turkmenistan ½ At the beginning of November 2020, the Turkmen authoritarian president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow unveiled huge golden dog statue in...

Malaysia and Singapore: Separate Identities, Different priorities

An article from Stephen Chee published in Asian Survey, 1973 inspired me to write about Malaysia-Singapore relations- focusing mainly on a bilateral foreign relation...

How Viktor Orbán Corrupted Democracy in Hungary

For Approximately the first two decades of Hungary’s post-communist history, Hungary was a young but stable democracy. International observers found Hungary as a model...

Presidential Elections in Tajikistan

Presidential elections in Tajikistan held on 11th October 2020 ended with the expected result with the win of main favourite and current president Emomali...