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Political Observation May 22, 2017

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…


Global Perspectives April 14, 2017

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…


Global Perspectives April 6, 2014

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…


Political Observation September 20, 2012

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…


Global Perspectives December 17, 2010

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…


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