Japan’s place in the United States’ Chinese Containment Coalition just rose as a result of the unexpected Sino-Indo rapprochement, before which the US wanted India to play a complementary role, so Japan is now at the forefront of this effort By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Putin’s senior aide Nikolai Patrushev gave an interview…
By Frank Ulom BEIJING (CONVERSEER) – Chinese researchers have achieved a major technological breakthrough that could transform the future of electric vehicles and energy storage. According to CCTV News on Thursday, scientists have successfully resolved the long-standing “bottleneck” in all-solid-state metal lithium batteries, resulting in a leap in performance. The new development is expected to…
Pakistani-US ties are on the cusp of a renaissance that could restore their Old Cold War-era “golden age” of relations provided that they remain on track as expected By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Donald Trump’s claim that “the Prime Minister and Field Marshal of Pakistan…were with us right from the beginning” as the…
Colluding with the US on destabilising Afghanistan and returning Western military infrastructure to the region would turbocharge the emerging Turkic Bloc’s rise at the expense of Russia’s influence in Central Asia, while reconsidering these plans that Shoigu alluded to would help stabilise the region. By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Secretary of the Security…
China wants to retain access to Kachin State’s rare earths, the US wants to poach them, and their escalating competition over this part of Myanmar could make it the next New Cold War flashpoint. By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Reuters reported that the US’ Myanmar policy might shift towards more diplomatic engagement with…
