The military regime-controlled Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) this week approved 15 projects, including a Chinese $2.5-billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) power project, easily the biggest single investment since the new Continue Reading
The complete withdrawal of US and allied forces from Afghanistan later this year does not mean China will be able to establish its influence in the region or fill the Continue Reading
India-US relations seem to have returned from the precipice. The question is where to from here. Now that America has stepped up to its responsibility to help India in its Continue Reading
Two massive military transport aircraft are on their way to India from the US carrying medical equipment to help in the fight against a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 Continue Reading
Since early March, up to 220 boats from China’s maritime militia have been moored near Whitsun Reef in the South China Sea. The Philippine government has asked the Chinese government Continue Reading
Trust and reputation are perhaps the only two things in the world that travel faster than light. From all accounts it appears as if China is losing the trust game Continue Reading
French state-controlled energy group EDF has made a binding offer to build six third-generation EPR nuclear reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra. EDF says it took a key step in contributing Continue Reading
Nearly three months after the military coup in Myanmar, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will finally host an emergency summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday to discuss the crisis. Continue Reading
After Suharto’s fall in 1998, Indonesia’s military did what Myanmar’s Tatmadaw needs to do, but won’t: relinquish an overt role in politics.Then Maj. Gen. Suharto, left, pictured in Jakarta on Continue Reading
India’s security: It’s not the Naxalites. And it’s not US warships sailing around Indian maritime claims either. It’s Covid, massive unemployment, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Myanmar. For once, the Modi Continue Reading