International

U.S. publicize major Asia monetary deal in effort to boost outline

Ace Collymore Foreign Policy Analyst & Journalist Canada  In a move to raise its economic profile and create another counterbalance to China within Asia, the United States announced on Monday the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework ( IPEF) with Asian partners including Australia, Japan and the Republic of Korea. It’s a broad plan designed to help expand […]

The Nordic NATO pivot: a stronghold for regional and global peace or a fragile region with turbulent seas and crowded skies?

– Tone Bleie, Norway Why shifts in the Nordic region matter? Imagine Nepal as a small state left an alliance-free foreign policy on short notice, seeking membership in a regional military alliance. Imagine your defense minister few weeks back said s/he was against membership and your prime minister expressed serious reservations. Imagine a historical decision […]

Nepal in the Face of Geopolitical Rivalry of Great Powers

Yuba Nath Lamsal Nepal’s former Ambassador to Denmark The world is interconnected and inter-dependent. The advancement of science and technology has reduced the world into a small global village. In this interconnected world, no single country is fully self-sufficient and self-reliant on all facets. All countries, big or small, powerful or weak and developed or […]

India chase to win public hope in mess-hit Sri Lanka

Ace Collymore  Foreign Policy Analyst  & Journalist Canada For the past 15 years, India and China have vied for favorable diplomatic and trade relations with Sri Lanka thanks to its strategic location in the Indian Ocean. While popular perception indicated China had outpaced India, the recent economic and political turmoil in Sri Lanka seems to […]

North Korea anticipated to be middle part of President Biden’s meet session with South Korea

Katrin Fidencio San Diego, USA Joe Biden begins his first visit to Asia as President in earnest Saturday, meeting with South Korea’s newly elected leader as the country’s belligerent northern neighbor appeared poised to thrust itself into the conversation with a nuclear or missile test. The hermit nation’s intensifying provocations were expected to be at […]