Asia

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI reaches out in all directions, across Central Asia into Europe, up into Russia, through the seas and oceans of Asia, out to Africa and of course, deep into Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asian leg of BRI consists primarily of a now-under-construction high-speed rail (HSR line connecting China’s Yunnan Province with Laos, Thailand...

With Saudia’s strategic partnership with the UAE largely unravelling in the face of a directly growing competition and rivalry between them -- which in turn is an outcome of the UAE’s own bid to position itself as the new leader of the ‘Sunni Muslim world’, and Saudia’s bid to ensure its survival as the traditional hegemon – ‘Gulf unity’ is facing an unprecedented crisis...

With the Vienna nuclear talks shakily making it to the sixth round, during which Israel was isolated from influencing Iran and is now unable to influence the negotiations, the cunning Israelis decided to try a new military trick to shake up the US and, as the Israeli media noted, "bring the Vienna talks in line with our interests." During his recent trip to Washington, Israel's military...