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The Sino-Indian Space Rivalry
As per the words of the father of Indian space program, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai: “There are some who question the relevance of space activities in a developing nation. To us, there is no ambiguity of...
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Privatization in Russia
The wildfires and heat wave that ravaged Central Russia last year brought Russia’s super centralized political and fiscal system to the forefront of the country’s domestic agenda. The severe impact of...
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Brazil’s Trade Diplomacy
Brazil carries the mantle of being the 8th largest economy in the world, and according to the IMF, it is soon to leapfrog Italy in 2011 and become the 7th largest. With a $2 trillion economy, Brazil’s...
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China and the Realities of Power in Asia
U.S.-China relations over the past two years have been a tale of two diplomacies. Secretary of State Clinton and Deputy Secretary Steinberg have been promoting a new American leadership designed to...
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Exchange Rates: The BRICs’ Great Game
The Great Game In the 1800s, Great Britain and Imperial Russia fought for riches at the ends of the world. In the deserts and mountains of Central Asia, young men played as knights and pawns in the...
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On the Fragility of BRICs
Despite its growing popularity amongst diplomats, the ‘BRIC’ idea has been, since its inception, an economic matter. Symptomatic to this is the main source and major defendant of the classification,...
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Brazil’s Quest for Superpower Status
Brazil’s quest for superpower status has a long history. Initially, this was probably rooted in the Brazilian sense of size and uniqueness – a continental sized country, with immense natural resources...
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Beijing: A City of Numbers
China has always given particular attention to describing its progress by numbers. The macro-economic roadmap for China’s development, the Five Year Plan, has traditionally set specific quantitative...
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A Poor Man’s Field: Crisis on the North China Plain
Baoding, a small industrial city on the western edge of the North China Plain, 90 miles from Beijing, gets blanketed each autumn for days on end by a thick fog of smoke. The city’s mega-factories are...
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Vladimir Putin: Soulmate, No More?
Funny, how diplomacy works. Ten years ago, former President George W. Bush saw through Vladimir Putin’s eyes his soul. Today, Mr. Putin’s eyes hold rebuke and suspicion for the same country he had...
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Russia and China: Agriculture Challenges
As the global economy continues to undergo change, countries around the world are forced to reform and readjust their respective economies accordingly. Russia and China share agricultural production as...
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The Dynamic Change in China and Russia’s Military Diplomacy
The Kremlin recently revealed that Moscow has pledged $640 billion in an effort to bring 80 percent of the Russian military establishment up to modern standards by 2020. Consequently, Vladimir...
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China Spooking Allies with the See-Saw Between Soft and Hard Power
Chinese leaders spend considerable time and energy in assuring the international community that they have no reason to be afraid of China’s “peaceful rise” and rapid emergence as one of the most...
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China’s “Going Out” Strategy
Since the late 1970s, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has built its economic modernization strategy on a philosophy that regards foreign direct investment (FDI) as functioning in two distinct but...
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Russia’s Dangerous Nuclear Legacy
The state of Russia’s civilian nuclear power should be cause the entire planet to shudder: Radioactive waste deposal sites are full to the bursting point, and many reactors are outdated and fail to...
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Africa’s Love-Hate Relationship with China
Is China good for Africa or bad? That seems to be the never-ending debate from international development and investment policy experts and organizations. In much of the western world at least, this...
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China’s Communist Youth League 90 Years On
After 90 years, China’s Communist Youth League is still going strong. Much has happened in that time. The nation has experienced political revolution, foreign invasion and a bloody civil war. It has...
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Interview: His Excellency Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil
In early July, the Library of Congress awarded Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil, the Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the study of the human experience. After years spent as...
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‘Constituent Diplomacy’ in India’s Foreign Policy
After over a decade, the British Government in a major policy shift has decided to give up its boycott of the Gujarat Government headed by Narendra Modi. The UK High Commissioner shall be visiting...
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India Fails to Strategically Balance Chinese Military
The India-China border dispute is not only the largest territorial dispute in Asia, but is also one of longest-running conflicts in the history of post-WWII Asian politics. The two nations share a 2520...
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