China - Diplomacy & Politics

Operation Sindoor: Fifty-Nine Lawmakers. Zero Answers.

Trump claimed credit for the ceasefire 80 times. Modi never contradicted him once. India sent seven multi-party parliamentary delegations — 59 members, 32 countries and the EU headquarters — to make one argument: Pakistan is a state sponsor of terrorism. Not one government said what India asked.

By Sunny Peter

/ 7 May 2026

Operation Sindoor: Fifty-Nine Lawmakers. Zero Answers.

The Slow Siege

China has renamed 27 places in Arunachal Pradesh. India calls it cartographic aggression. The pattern — rename, claim, assert, repeat — is familiar from the South China Sea. Beijing does not need to fire a shot to advance its territorial position. It just needs to keep renaming.

By Sunny Peter

/ 15 Apr 2026

Semiconductor Chessboard: How the US-China AI Race is Redrawing Global Alliances and Diplomatic Strategy

The US-China rivalry has found its sharpest edge in semiconductors. Washington uses export controls to choke Chinese access to advanced chips. Beijing races to build domestic capacity. Every state in between is being forced to choose sides in a contest they did not start.

By Sunny Peter

/ 12 Nov 2025

Semiconductor Chessboard: How the US-China AI Race is Redrawing Global Alliances and Diplomatic Strategy

China's Massive Military Parade Unites Xi, Putin, and Kim Jong Un in Historic Display of Anti-Western Alliance

Xi Jinping flanked by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un sent a message requiring no translation. Three authoritarian leaders, three nuclear states, one parade. The image is not merely symbolic — it reflects a convergence that Western strategic planning cannot afford to dismiss.

By Sunny Peter

/ 3 Sep 2025

China's Massive Military Parade Unites Xi, Putin, and Kim Jong Un in Historic Display of Anti-Western Alliance

Return of Great Power Competition: How the U.S., China, and Russia Are Reshaping the World Order

The post-Cold War fantasy of a rules-based order upheld by cooperative great powers is finished. The United States, China and Russia are competing across every domain — military, economic, technological, ideological. The contest will define the century.

By Sunny Peter

/ 19 Aug 2025

Return of Great Power Competition: How the U.S., China, and Russia Are Reshaping the World Order