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China, in the midst of global economic uncertainties caused by geopolitical competition and the Covid-19 pandemic, has embarked on sweeping changes to its society. The days when China defined domestic success in terms of GDP growth alone have been modified by social constructs which stress “common ...

The September issue of TIO features six keynote addresses and twenty highlight quotes delivered by renowned scholars and experts from China and the world at the IR session of the 2021 Taihe Civilizations Forum. Examining China’s relations with the West from different perspectives, their remarks not...

For all prevailing rhetoric, there is no denying that China and the United States are locked in an intense rivalry where the two compete on almost every front from trade and military to space exploration and technological superiority. The August issue of TI Observer scratches beneath the surface and...

The July issue of TI Observer (TIO) delves deeper into the “Confusion Matrix in the Oceans” and highlight the strategic implications of “Asia-Pacific” and “Indo-Pacific” across the semantics and policy lexicon of international diplomacy. It tracks the origins of the phrase from Haushofer and a...

With the election of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan has embarked on an intense journey to conduct a proactive, pragmatic and constructive foreign policy, which has as its central core, the fostering of mutually beneficial cooperation, stability and sustainable development throughout Centra...

TI Observer (TIO) June issue deconstructs the most-talked about concept in US-China relations: competition. As the Biden administration flags up oxymorons such as "cooperative/collaborative competition", we deep dive into the etymology and epistemology of the terms and explain the difference between...