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Rallying the world’s democracies with ‘trusted connectivity’ New Atlanticist by Kaush Arha A woman, wearing a protective face mask, walks past a 5G data network sign at a mobile phone store in Paris, France, on April 22, 2021. Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters. The competition between autocracy and democracy is the defining challenge of the twenty-first century—one that will in part play out through control over the digital and physical infrastructure that increasingly binds the world together. US President Joe Biden rallied the world’s leading democ...

Home China’s Belt and Road Initiative should stop financing new coal power China’s Belt and Road Initiative should stop financing new coal power Ending the fuel’s use would help meet climate commitments and foster co-operation with western nations World Economy News 5 Jul 2021 • 3 min read The writer is associate professor of law at Beijing Foreign Studies University and author of ‘The Law and Governance of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’ Last month, US President Joe Biden asked his G7 counterparts to back a worldwide i...

American troops have finally departed their main military base in Afghanistan China has been waiting in the wings in order to do a deal with Kabul The country wants to extend its 'Belt and Road' program to Afghanistan Program would see a direct land corridor between Afghanistan and China through northwest Pakistan constructed Deal could give China strategic foothold in the region for trade with the country acting as a central hub connecting the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe But there remains the air of unpredictability with lasting peace uncertain with Taliban likely to make a resurg...

On the domestic front, Joe Biden is flirting with transformational policies around energy, environment, and infrastructure. It’s not a revolution, but it’s considerably less timid than what Barack Obama offered in that pre-Trump, pre-pandemic era. When it comes to foreign policy, however, the Biden administration has been nowhere near as transformational. The phrase Joe Biden has used so often is: America is back. That sentiment certainly captures some aspects of Biden’s relationship with the international community, such as repairing relations with the World Health Organization and r...

B3W vs China: why is India so jumpy? USICA has gained bipartisan support and has been labelled as a “must-pass” legislation Before discussing the Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative, it may be prudent to analyse its evolutionary process. B3W is actually the new form of two previous initiatives led by the American government, the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) and the Blue Dot initiative. USICA is a $200 billion plan aimed at countering China’s influence domestically and abroad. As reported by the American media, USICA has gained bipartisan support and has been...