Issue Brief on “Peace on Korean Peninsula: The Chinese Perspective”
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) resumed political talks on January 9, 2018 and again on January...
Issue Brief on “The United Nations ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects 2018’”
The World Economic Situation and Prospective Report (WESP) was launched on December 11, 2017.The Report is a collaborative effort by the UNDESA, UNCTAD and...
Issue Brief on “Public Protests in Iran 2017-18: Rouhani’s Test or Triumph?”
The past few weeks in Iran have been rather turbulent. Thousands of protestors took to the streets to publicly demonstrate their anger and dissent...
Issue Brief on “Peace Talks: The North Korean Perspective”
Introduction
North Korean viewpoint is often dwarfed by hostile comments and a true picture is hardly presented to the outside world except harsh comments that...
Issue Brief on “NATO-MOLDOVA: Developing New Areas of Collaboration”
On December 8, 2017 the government of Moldova, an eastern European country of three million inhabitants located between Romania and Ukraine, finally opened a...
Issue Brief on “A Thaw in North Korea and South Korea Relations”
The year 2017 was a busy one for North Korea. It conducted a nuclear test and several ballistic missile tests which it claimed could...
Issue Brief on “Qatar-Iran Maritime Trade”
“In a meeting with CEO of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran Mohammad Rastad in Doha on December 25, 2017, Qatari Minister of Transportation...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan-Japan Ties: Moving Towards a Positive Trajectory”
After a hiatus of eight years, high level diplomatic contact between Pakistan and Japan was renewed with the visit of Japanese Foreign Minister Taro...
Issue Brief on “Russia-India-China Trilateral Meeting: Generating a New Power Equation?”
On December 11, New Delhi hosted the 15th Russia, India, and China (RIC) foreign ministerial level meeting. It was held against the backdrop of...
Issue Brief on “US National Security Strategy 2017”
In December 2017, President Trump issued his administration's National Security Strategy (NSS). The document was hailed as an American First National Security Strategy, translating...
