Out-migration from the Philippines with a Focus on the Middle East: A Case Study
By: Kathleen Nadeau Originally Published: The East Asian Pastoral Review Volume 45 (2008) Number 3. Until… [more]
Kuwait Looks towards the East: Relations with China
By: Khizar Niazi Originally Published: The Middle East Institute Policy Brief No. 26, September 2009. There… [more]
Providing Arms: China and the Middle East
By Dan Blumenthal Originally Published: Middle East Quarterly Spring 2005, pp. 11-19 Chinese… [more]
Peer Review of Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi’s Pakistan and China Strengthening Ties
By: Shams uz Zaman, Link to Original Article This is an interesting article but some hypotheses need to be deeply evaluated for these may contain some inconsistencies. The claim that cell phones of some of the militants involved in Kabul embassy bombing led to tracking down of ISI links with the outfit needs a careful study. Why would the insurgents carry and then leave the cell phones … [Read More...]
Op-Ed: Why China Should Do More In Afghanistan
By: Dr. Jeffrey Hornung Originally Published: The Diplomat, August 1st, 2012. The drawdown of International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan after 2014 means the burden of maintaining and governing a modern state will fall on Kabul, complete with all the associated economic and political challenges. Never mind there are serious doubts the Afghan National Security Forces … [Read More...]
Op-Ed: After Veto, What China Can Still Do To Ease Assad Out
Written by: Richard Weitz Originally Published: The Diplomat, July 21, 2012 China’s decision to join Russia in vetoing a UN Security Council resolution that could have led to economic sanctions against Syria unless it ceased using heavy weapons against civilians was unsurprising. After all, the pair had teamed to veto two earlier Council resolutions that had also aimed to pressure … [Read More...]
Evolution of international strategic configuration and Asia-Pacific security – a view from Pakistan.
Written by: Ghani Jafar[1] Paper presented at the “the Third Xiangshan Forum”, organised by the China Association for Military Science (CAMS), Beijing, October 22-24, 2010. I would, to begin with, like to compliment the organisers of the present Third Xiangshan Forum for their so succinctly encapsulating the inescapable geostrategic challenges as also the opportunities offered by … [Read More...]
Russia on China’s role in Syria
June 3, 2012 Russia's warning that the UN Human Rights resolution condeming the Syrian leadership for last week's Houla massacre risks derailing the peace plan. Moscow called it premature because the investigation's ongoing - and that it's putting pressure on the Security Council, where Russia's resisting foreign military action. On Sunday, President Assad insisted his troops had nothing to do … [Read More...]
Prospects of a Nuclear Armed Iran and Policy Options for Pakistan
Written by Shams-uz-Zaman Originally Published: IPRI Journal XII, no. 1 (Winter 2012): 67-87 After the independence of Pakistan in 1947 Iran became the first country to recognise it in the United Nations, thus opening a new chapter in bilateral relations which both countries enjoyed for almost three decades. The establishment of the Regional Co-operation for Development (RCD) among Iran, Turkey … [Read More...]
China, Global Energy, and the Middle East
Written by Steve Yetiv and Chunlong Lu Originally published: The Middle East Journal Vol. 61, No. 2 (Spring, 2007), pp. 199-218. China, Global Energy, and the Persian Gulf In recent times, China has become increasingly dependent on oil. In particular, China has no near-term substitute for Middle East oil, given that its own oil fields are almost fully exploited. In fact, … [Read More...]
The Taiwan Calculus in China’s Strategy Towards the North Korea – Iran Axis
Written by: Dr. Christina Lin Originally Published: Institute für Strategie, Politik, Sicherheits, und Wirtschaftsberatung, Berlin December 10, 2010 Introduction: Current Korean Peninsula Crisis On 23 November 2010, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) attacked the Republic of Korea (ROK, or South Korea), by firing an estimated 200 artillery shells onto … [Read More...]
Islamic Finance to drive trade and investment flows between Asia and the Middle East
By: Kishore Mahbubani Originally Published: Albawaba, May 10, 2011. Islamic finance has emerged as one of the most rapidly expanding sectors in the global financial system and is evolving into an industry with an increasingly significant global footprint. There are estimated to be over 430 Islamic banks and financial institutions operating in more than 75 countries, and around 191 … [Read More...]
Out-migration from the Philippines with a Focus on the Middle East: A Case Study
By: Kathleen Nadeau Originally Published: The East Asian Pastoral Review Volume 45 (2008) Number 3. Until the 1970s, most out-migration from the Philippines was undertaken by individuals and families with the intent to stay in places like Canada and the United States. However, the 1970s oil crisis, combined with then President Ferdinand Marcos’ illicit use of foreign aid money, gave rise … [Read More...]
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