Reports Indicate That the Sino-Indo Rivalry Is Heating Up in the Bay of Bengal

Reports Indicate That the Sino-Indo Rivalry Is Heating Up in the Bay of Bengal

Absent the comparative (Russian-mediated?) restoration of Sino-Indo trust, especially after bilateral ties nosedived this past week, their rivalry will likely only get worse. A Tough Week For Sino-Indo Ties Ties between China and India continued their downward trajectory over the past week as a result of three developments: China’s renaming of Indian-controlled disputed territory; both…

Sri Lanka Warned That the West’s Anti-Russian Sanctions Will Starve the Global South

Sri Lanka Warned That the West’s Anti-Russian Sanctions Will Starve the Global South

Wickremesinghe represents Sri Lanka, which has become a symbol of the fate that might soon befall countless other countries across the Global South. It’s therefore important to inform the masses of his crucial first-hand insight into the crushing effect that the US-led West’s anti-Russian sanctions are expected to have on food security in developing countries….

Debt Traps & Terrorism: The Roots of Sri Lanka’s Crisis

Debt Traps & Terrorism: The Roots of Sri Lanka’s Crisis

The island nation of Sri Lanka, located south-southeast of India in the Indian Ocean has suffered economic and now political chaos that has grabbed international headlines. The Western media has floated narratives ranging from “debt trap diplomacy” perpetrated by China and its Belt and Road Initiative to food shortages spurred by Russia’s “blockade” of the…

Russia, India, and China (RIC) Could Be Key to Sri Lanka’s Recovery

Russia, India, and China (RIC) Could Be Key to Sri Lanka’s Recovery

While Sri Lanka’s bankruptcy is certainly a catastrophe for its people, the silver lining of sorts is that it could also become a turning point for the economic-financial dimension of the emerging Multipolar World Order if the RIC countries pool their efforts to support it. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declared on Tuesday that…

Blinken’s Gone Bonkers: Russia Is Alleviating, Not Worsening, Sri Lanka’s Crisis!

Blinken’s Gone Bonkers: Russia Is Alleviating, Not Worsening, Sri Lanka’s Crisis!

By pointing to dramatic footage of recent events in Sri Lanka and telling everyone that President Putin was personally responsible for provoking chaos in a far-away land, Blinken is scaremongering by getting Westerners to fear that their country might be the next to go bankrupt and subsequently descend into disorder unless they support all of…