Foreign Policy Analysis

China’s Global Development Initiative can revert IMF’s 2023 grimy global outlook

China’s Global Development Initiative can revert IMF’s 2023 grimy global outlook

On Tuesday this week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its 2023 global growth forecast in which it painted a grimy picture stressing that the world’s three largest economies will “continue to stall”, and warned “the worst is yet to come, and for many people 2023 will feel like a recession.” Stressing that conditions could […]

60 years of Diplomatic Relations: Uganda should learn from China’s rapid industrialisation story

60 years of Diplomatic Relations: Uganda should learn from China’s rapid industrialisation story

Time and again, perhaps more frequently in the last 10 years, the Ugandan President has been on record talking about the need to industrialize or revamp at that, Uganda’s largely agro-based economy. The gospel of industrialisation and manufacturing has been so enthusiastically preached that various industrial parks have sprouted up in various regions in East […]

60 Years of Diplomacy: Uganda and China Are Comrades

60 Years of Diplomacy: Uganda and China Are Comrades

By Alan Collins Mpewo. After 9 days of Uganda having attained independence from Britain, China and Uganda formalized diplomatic ties on 18’th October, 1962. It’s perhaps one of the first countries to have formally straightened diplomatic relations with Uganda. This year, 2022, the two countries are celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations. Last week, the […]

BRICS should focus on big issues to build ideal world

BRICS should focus on big issues to build ideal world

The highly anticipated meeting between president of China Xi Jinping and the Russian President Vladmir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Summit (SCO) took place in Uzbekistan on the backdrop of deteriorating relations between the two leaders and the collective west. President Xi and Putin generally showed support for each other and encouraged further cooperation in […]

Is OHCHR Human Rights Report on China’s Xinjiang Political?

Is OHCHR Human Rights Report on China’s Xinjiang Political?

On Wednesday 31st, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report in which it accused China of violating human rights of minorities in China’s Xinjiang region. The 45-page report, particularly singled out Uyghur Muslims as victims of its so-called “crimes against humanity.” China rejected the report arguing it was a […]

The US Should Acknowledge China’s Positive Contribution to Africa’s Development

The US Should Acknowledge China’s Positive Contribution to Africa’s Development

This month, United States of America’s top diplomats visited a number of African countries in what some American analysts described as Washington’s attempt to counter what the US sees as growing Sino-Africa cooperation. Secretary Anthony Blinken’s visit is the latest. It follows earlier visit by US’ Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield. During the […]

The Only Answer Is Peace But The Pelosi Visit Blurs This Goal

The Only Answer Is Peace But The Pelosi Visit Blurs This Goal

When the world is still reeling from being hit by Covid-19, the Ukraine crisis and historic inflation, Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker for the United States House of Representatives, third in line to the presidency decided on an Asia tour that included a stop at the geo-political hotspot, Taiwan. Pelosi claimed her visit was routine despite […]