Western alliance
4 Asean members among those said to have Putin’s blessing to join Brics as partners
Ties between the Kremlin and South-east Asia appear to be strengthening as Malaysia’s Anwar builds rapport with Russia, which he has already invited to the next Asean Summit
Western leaders seek to shore up ageing Nato – and Biden too
WESTERN leaders are this week commemorating the 75th anniversary of Nato, the creaking military organisation. Yet, attention is instead fast turning to another ageing figure at the heart of the transa...
500 days into Ukraine war, what business should expect next
AS THE Ukraine conflict nears its 500th day of grinding “war of attrition”, a slim but significant window of opportunity for peace may be opening up.
Japan’s warming Western relations
ONE of the standout features of international relations since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been the warming of Western relations with Japan.
The G7 must accept that it cannot run the world
American hegemony and the group’s economic dominance are now history
Why the West’s revitalisation is well underway
IN THE build-up to next week’s G7 leadership summit, a wide range of issues from climate change to the world economy have been discussed by Western ministers. However, the overriding issue to be discu...
Ukraine war: The West needs also to consider interests of the rest
SINCE the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its allies have insisted that their response to President Vladimir Putin’s aggression, by imposing punishing economic measures on Russia an...
Welcome to the multipolar world
The US-led West is entering the global competition with its rivals with a marked advantage
The Ukraine war: Biden’s dilemmas
With no sign of an end to the conflict in sight, America’s current approach of providing military and economic aid to Ukraine without the need to deploy US military troops there may not be viable in t...
Russia tests the West’s resolve
IT MAY not be Cold War 2.0, but Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has clearly transformed the global system. It has revitalised the Western alliance and forced it to gather its diplomatic, military and e...
