The Bahrain Conference and the ‘Deal of the Century’
The White House announced on the 19th of May 2019, that it will hold an economic workshop in Manama, capital of Bahrain, late in June 2019, which was an announcement with respect to the economic…
US – Russia Summit
The summit held in Helsinki, Finland on the 16th July, 2018, between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was held after a NATO summit only a few days earlier within which disagreements…
Germany’s Rise as a Global Power
Abstract The political and economic crisis between US President Donald Trump and Europe, especially with Germany, has recently escalated. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was particularly scathing about American global leadership and Germany’s need for the…
The Price for Protection: Saudi Arabia Bails Trump and the US Economy
On June 12th, 2017, the US senate after some internal political posturing, endorsed US President Trump’s $460 billion deal with Saudi Arabia. Despite some voices in the US attempting to play down the deal as…
China, US and North Korea: Is the Threat of War in Asia Real?
Tension between the US and North Korea on the Korean Peninsula has intensified considerably in recent months with the US carrying out large-scale military exercises in South Korea. The US has also sent a large…
Beyond Containment: The Role of India in American Plans to Confront China
American policies and plans to contain Chinese power and ambitions in the Asia-Pacific region have not fully materialized. She has now added a policy of active confrontation with China using naval projection and frontline states…
America Sets Trap for Japan Over Disputed Islands with China
U.S. Defence Secretary during his visit to Japan on 16-17/9/2012 said that “this dispute between China and Japan on the subject of the islands can intensify” (AP News Agency 17/9/2012) and then added, “I am…
American Plans to Restrict China’s Ambitions
Since the 1960s, America has feared the emergence of China as a world power and has sought to restrict China’s ambitions to regional matters only. America has used a variety of issues to contain China’s…