Sri Lanka is helping Japan contain an increasingly assertive China. Can it afford to?

Given the island nations’s strategic location, Sri Lanka is courted by almost every country preoccupied with security in the Indian Ocean Region.

Anne-Léonore Dardenne

· Jun 17, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Trump-Kim summit: North Korean leader emerges a clear winner as US president reverts to type

Looking at the agreement, it appears that Kim Jong-un has outmanoeuvred Donald Trump.

Virginie Grzelczyk, The Conversation

· Jun 13, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Why Mahathir Mohamad’s victory may herald better times for Malaysian Indians

The new prime minister is taking steps to weaken the country’s race-based politics that favours the Malay Muslim majority over its minorities.

Suruchi Mazumdar

· May 28, 2018 · 12:30 pm

As US starts to withdraw from the Pacific region after seven decades, Japan steps up to fill the gap

In the nick of time, too, as China is growing more authoritarian and assertive.

Atman Trivedi

· Apr 22, 2018 · 09:30 pm

To achieve great power status for Russia, Putin needs to build better ties with the US

The Russian president’s grand design requires constructive relations with the United States to avoid excessive dependence on China

Thomas Graham

· Mar 20, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Zimbabwe’s ruling party ousts Robert Mugabe from leadership

Former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa replaced the 93-year-old, who has till noon on Monday to resign as president or face impeachment.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 19, 2017 · 06:18 pm

A broad Asia-Pacific alliance, with India as a key member, may be America’s key to countering China

The United States, Japan, India, Australia may emerge as guarantors of free trade and defense cooperation to check China.

Harsh V Pant

· Nov 12, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Spain charges pro-independence Catalan leaders with rebellion, sedition and misuse of funds

Spain’s chief prosecutor José Manuel Maza announces start of legal action against Catalan leaders who declared the region’s secession from Spain last week.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 30, 2017 · 06:05 pm

Abe’s massive win in Japan could worsen prospects for peace with North Korea and China

Support for asserting Japan's military might in response to threats from North Korea and China may destabilize the region.

Nicole L Freiner, The Conversation

· Oct 26, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Another day, another nuclear threat: Why South Korea is complacent about the North’s brinkmanship

Inured by decades of propaganda and blackmails, South Koreans remain apathetic to Kim’s nuclear bombast.

Shim Jae Hoon

· Oct 05, 2017 · 08:30 pm

The ‘international man of mystery’ linked to Michael Flynn’s lobbying deal

Dmitri ‘David’ Zaikin made Russian energy deals with powerful officials.

Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica

· Jun 30, 2017 · 11:30 pm

US visa applicants may now have to provide social media handles, personal details of past 15 years

However, this only applies to people under ‘additional scrutiny’, the US state department said.

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· Jun 01, 2017 · 01:47 pm