An uncomfortable truth: Canada’s wary ambivalence to Chinese corporate takeovers
This article examines the behavioural patterns of successive Canadian governments in responding to three takeover attempts of iconic...
The Case For Africa As The Next Investment Destination
If you went back in time for about three decades, any talk of Africa as an investment destination would have earned you mocking laughter...
Arab states’ simple equation to solve Chinese investment dilemma
Relations between China and the Arab world are as simple as 1+2+3. That’s the formulation conceived by Beijing two years ago in an...
The many benefits of India’s growing ties with Saudi Arabia and UAE
When Aramco President and CEO Amin Nasser cut the ceremonial ribbon in New Delhi to inaugurate the state-owned global energy giant’s...
Iraq’s long and winding road to stability
It can be difficult to recall, in chronological order, the social and political developments in Iraq since the government’s success in...
The Russia File
Relations between Russia and the West are at their lowest ebb since the Cold War. “What to do about Russia” is a matter of daily debates...
New strategies for an old rivalry?
China–Russia relations in Central Asia after the energy boom
Originally published in The Pacific Review. Abstract: China and Russia both have interests in bordering Central Asia. China's thirst for...
China’s Plans for Latin America: An Even Keel in Turbulent Waters
Photo: World Leaders at the 2016 APEC Summit, 20 November 2016. APEC Peru 2016, license: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 If the Chinese get one thing...
YCW Conversation – The China-US Climate Deal: Game Changer or Disappointment?
This is a repost from Young China Watchers. In November 2014, President Xi Jinping and President Obama signed a “historic agreement”...
U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal: The Need for a Regional Perspective
POMEAS OP-ED, 20 March 2015 When the Obama administration's ground-breaking effort to carve out a nuclear deal was in its initial phases,...