Commentary / World Mar 2, 2022
The solution to the Ukraine crisis lies in Asia
Sanctions and embargoes from the West against Russia over the Ukraine invasion will count for nothing if they are offset by business as usual in Asia.
Commentary / World Jan 28, 2022
As tensions over the Ukraine worsen, is the West on the wrong track?
The Ukraine conflict is going to be fought in the realms of cyberspace, financial sanctions and the global energy front. This is where Russia can be made to feel pain.
Commentary / World Dec 29, 2021
China vs. the British Commonwealth
A current situation within the Commonwealth can be summed up in four words, "the Chinese have arrived," to which the critic can add four more words, "the British have departed."
Commentary / World Nov 29, 2021
Fixing Europe’s migrant predicament requires a new approach
The causes behind the sudden and ugly new migrant tableau are blurred, but one theory is the Belarus government may be inviting immigrants in and then urging them to enter Poland and the EU.
Commentary / World Oct 21, 2021
An energy crisis like no other
Transforming the world’s fuel mix to mitigate climate change requires balance.
Commentary / World Sep 20, 2021
The submarine row that is sinking diplomatic relations
France is furious that its plan to supply Australia with submarines has been swept aside by the new pact with the United Kingdom and the United States.
Commentary / World Aug 25, 2021
The era of depending on U.S. military might for security has passed
The global battlefield has shifted and the world's democracies should and can no longer rely on America to guarantee their security.
Commentary / World Aug 5, 2021
A nuclear crisis foreseen and predicted
The U.K.'s decline in nuclear power production is due to the growing obsolescence of the nation's aging power plants — and rectifying the situation is proving difficult.
Commentary / World Jul 18, 2021
The changing battlefield and winning future conflicts
The powerful supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built by Britain, with its crew of 2,500, has now arrived in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean where it is holding joint drills and maneuvers with units of the Maritime Self-Defense ...
Commentary / World Jun 30, 2021
How the Irish question affects us all
Partition of Ireland was the solution in the last century, but now it persists as the impossible problem in this one.