Europe in 2019: Hard Brexit for the UK, Systemic Struggle for the EU

The impact of the Brexit on EU has been two-fold: First, along with with UK, the rest of the European countries have also indicated strains while following...

Climate Change in 2019: Active Civil Society, Hesitant State

Climate change is no more a phenomenon of the future, it is a reality. The first decade of the 21st century experienced the effects in a way that reiterates...

Climate Change: Four Actors, No Action

The 2019 summit could not bring the four set of actors – zealots, bystanders, enhancers and Non-State together. Their differences undermine a concerted...

India clearly drew close to Russia and China with the informal summit between the three countries, signaling that Trump might have overplayed his hand...

For Russia, it was big power projection

There haven't been any significant takeaways for Russia over its hard-hitting sanctions and newer associations. However, it wouldn't be wrong to...

For China, it was trade and a temporary truce

Part of the truce between the US and China was the easing of tariffs on Huawei. This meant that Huawei would be allowed to use US-made products in their...

For Japan, it was commerce and climate change

There has been a lot that Japan has laid on the table, apart from just being the host they have determined for themselves an agenda and plan that they...

For the US, it was trade, tariff and talks

The United States and China agreed on 29 June to restart trade talks and that Washington would hold off on imposing new tariffs on Chinese exports. The...

Higher than the Himalayas: Pakistan and China

As of January 2019, CPEC included 9 completed early yield projects and 13 projects under construction, with a total investment of US$19 billion. It drove Pakistan’s...

Across the Himalayas: Nepal and China

Although there has been resistance from political elites, civil society, and environmental experts within Nepal who are of the opinion that a thorough...

Modi's Foreign Policy 2.0: A Response to C Raja Mohan

C Raja Mohan in his recent commentary ("In his second term, Modi must deal with turbulence unleashed by Trump’s challenge to global trading...

The Central Asia Connector

The Second BRI Forum can be seen as successful in the context of Central Asia as four out of the five regional countries sent their top leaders. The initiative...