When China mediated the restoration of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the move immediately gave oxygen to fears that China had taken the first step in creating Pax Sinica, an ...

The term Pax Romana is often used for a two-century period that encapsulates the Roman Empire at its zenith. Literally translated as 'Roman peace,' contemporaries and Western imperialists it inspired ...

For nearly a decade, Chinese President Xi Jinping has been promising to deliver "the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." This promise—which he dubbed the China Dream—took a clearer form with ...

About 30 countries have signed the convention establishing the IOMed, a new international organisation promoted by China for conflict mediation in a city on its way to be “normalised”. The new body ...

The year 2008 was a milestone year for China and the United States. As U.S. capitalism has been careening on the edge of a meltdown in the wake of the Wall Street crisis, China has witnessed ...

But tensions today cannot just be seen through the cold war lenses of superpower competition for dominance. No doubt, cold war analysts note that within two decades, China’s total economy will be ...

In a previous post I said that the U.S.-Japan security alliance is on the wrong side of history. My point has been that ex-Japan Asia, with China as its hugely dominant center, has been rapidly ...