September 2016

China goes for stronger joint operations capabilities and political stability.

Beijing and Moscow will hold the first-ever South China Sea iteration of their Joint Sea exercises.

The incident is the first in the East China Sea since Abe and Xi met at the 2016 G20 meeting in Hangzhou, China.

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The PTI has no future in Pakistan’s politics unless a major change arises in the party’s political priorities.

Kazakhstan and Belarus are backing Pakistan's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

The country’s shift in its alignments is about more than just China and the United States.

Successive Indian governments appear to be abusing the country's colonial-era sedition law.

The Kim regime is counting on more of the same from the international community.

Desertification, soil degradation, and drought are serious issues in most of the countries along the Belt and Road.

The G20 summit is not enough to prove China as a global leader, but it's a step in the right direction.

With India, Hanoi has made another step in diversifying its foreign policy. But when do the returns start diminishing?