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South China Sea: The Fight China Will Take to the Brink of War

April 28, 2016
China and the United States are competing for military dominance of the western Pacific Ocean and war could flare over the South China Sea, reports Peter Hartcher for the Sydney Morning Herald. Beijing has said it won’t comply with a ruling from the International Court of Justice in the Hague that...

Middle East Tensions Boil as Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran

January 4, 2016
Iran and Saudi Arabia are rivals for influence in the Middle East. The latest clash is driving up oil prices, deepening a sectarian divide and sparking new violence in the region, reports Sam Wilkin for Reuters: “Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran on Sunday and fellow-Sunni Bahrain followed suit on...

What the Tea Party Tells Us About the Trump Presidency

November 9, 2016
The Tea Party movement foreshadowed Donald Trump’s winning the US presidential race. Vanessa Williamson, writing for Brookings, describes the grassroots activists as a coalition of older, white conservatives and a conservative media infrastructure funded by ideologue billionaires who oppose taxes...

袭击孟买的恐怖主义者有全球计划

December 8, 2008
1947年，通过把次大陆分成巴基斯坦和印度，英国结束了在次大陆的殖民统治，而这两个国家从此敌对。曾任美国驻新德里大使顾问的卡内基基金会学者阿什利 •特利斯（Ashley Tellis）认为，尽管巴基斯坦和印度两国历史纠缠不清，但最近孟买10处目标遭到海上袭击的事件，却要求全世界重新审视恐怖袭击的性质。他指出，所有证据都表明巴基斯坦最危险的恐怖组织虔诚军（Lashkar-e-Taiba，LeT）谋划了这次复杂的蓄意攻击。特利斯认为，这个恐怖组织不仅对当地、而且也对全球构成了威胁。虔诚军试图分裂印度，摧毁民众对稳定民主国家的信心，同时使印度与西方国家相孤立，进而扩大伊斯兰哈里发（...

Modi’s Visit to China Marks New Tone, But No Concrete Progress

June 16, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have set a new tone for India's relations with China, yet personal rapport and economic interdependence offer little guarantee of settling longstanding strategic issues that divide the world’s two most populous nations, warns Neelam D Sabharwal, a former Indian...

Islamabad Hides Behind Taliban Talks

February 7, 2014
Pakistan and Taliban representatives have started peace talks. Pakistani media debate “whether a military operation or negotiations are the best solution to the Taliban insurgency,” reflecting deep divide between Pakistani secular liberals and religious conservatives, writes Shams uz Zaman for...

Indian Election: Of Computer Mice and Men

May 17, 2004
India's surprise election results from last week have left everyone struggling to understand how the powerful BJP could lose so decisively in a time of economic prosperity. The answer, suggests S. Nihal Singh, a former editor of the Statesman of Calcutta and the Indian Express, lies in the...

Fallout from Copenhagen: Has the EU Lost Its Global Relevance?

January 5, 2010
The first decade of the 21st century is still garnering many monikers. But Professor Jean-Pierre Lehmann believes that it may soon be considered Europe’s swan song as a global power. From a storied constitution to lack of a consistent trade policy to a failure to effect global policy on climate...
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