Executive Summary The recent military coup in Myanmar has baffled many observers as unresolved tension from the country’s long military rule have resurfaced just after a landslide victory of the NLD party led by Aung San Suu Kyi. International reactions… Read More ›

Opinion
The Tromsø Convention may reverse Europe’s democracy deficit
Accessing quality information has never been so challenging, despite or maybe, because of our exposure to tremendous amount of information. The entry into force of the Council of Europe (CoE) Convention on Access to Official Documents (Tromsø Convention) on 1… Read More ›
Why Iran won’t cross China on the Uighurs
Iran has long championed the cause of repressed Muslims worldwide, an often vocal stance that has underpinned the Islamic Republic’s self-proclaimed leadership role in the Muslim world. But Iran has willfully ignored the ordeal of more than 1.5 million Uighur… Read More ›
We have been staggeringly blind to China’s rare earth dominance
With the US chips down, Beijing is hitting back. That’s one way of looking at news that, almost two years after the Trump administration began restricting supplies of advanced silicon chips to its rival superpower, China is considering export controls… Read More ›
Stop erosion of human rights in Europe
“2020 has been a disastrous year for human rights in Europe,” commented Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, at a speech in front of the Council of Europe at the end of last year. In an unprecedented… Read More ›
The EU Sputnik Borrell in Moscow: An aftermath of diplomacy
After almost unanimous assessment of the Western media and analysts (one would be inclined to conclude they are “gleichgeschaltet”, modeled on the methods of Nazi master of propaganda Goebbels ), a visit to Moscow of the EU High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs,… Read More ›
China the geopolitical winner of Myanmar’s coup
As the dust settles on Myanmar’s military coup, it is already clear that China will be the main foreign power beneficiary of the suspension of democracy. While US President Joe Biden’s administration quickly threatened to impose new punitive sanctions on… Read More ›
Red-Green takeover: How China could turn off Britain’s lights
In any future war between Britain and China, the winner could be decided in a matter of hours — and Britain is unlikely to be the victor. For years now, Chinese businesses have been quietly positioned at the heart of… Read More ›
New Cold War threatens to sink international climate efforts
China is not eager to appear friendly with the U.S., despite the change of leadership in Washington. As the Trump administration concluded a marathon run of speeches denouncing Chinese communists and announcements of tough-on-China policies right through to its final days, expectations dimmed… Read More ›