

Nicholas Babaya
Nicholas Babaya is an alumnus of Rondebosch Boys' High School and Rhodes University, where he graduated with an honours degree in Chinese. Babaya is an analyst at the Centre For Risk Analysis (CRA), a think tank specialising in political risk, economic policy and scenario planning.
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Could Japan tilt balance of forces in the Indo-Pacific?
- By Nicholas Babaya
- . May 1, 2021
President Joe Biden’s very first official meeting with a foreign leader appears to have sent shockwaves through East Asia. On the 16th of April, Biden

What is China’s role in the Myanmar crisis?
- By Nicholas Babaya
- . Mar 25, 2021
Myanmar’s recent coup d’etat became a global news story earlier this year. After the National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, won

When democracy works: The case of Kaohsiung
- By Nicholas Babaya
- . Feb 6, 2021
Democracy is not a perfect system – and South Africans needn’t look far beyond our borders to realise this. Indeed, cases of ‘bad democracy’ seem

Taiwan – a headache for Biden’s China policy?
- By Nicholas Babaya
- . Jan 25, 2021
A recent decision by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Taiwan will give the Biden administration a long-term headache on America’s China policy.
Biden inherits Trump’s China Policy
- By Nicholas Babaya
- . Jan 18, 2021
A recent decision by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Taiwan will give the Biden administration a long-term headache on America’s China policy.

China and the West: signs of a relationship in decline
- By Nicholas Babaya
- . Dec 19, 2020
Australia may be the bellwether of China’s foreign relations with Western nations – and their relationship is on the decline. As reported by the

New Expropriation Bill a sign that the ANC’s days are numbered
- By Nicholas Babaya
- . Oct 22, 2020
With the government budget deficit expected to pass 40% this year, the African National Congress’s (ANC) options to source the coal needed to fuel its

New Expropriation Bill a sign that the ANC’s days are numbered
- By Nicholas Babaya
- . Oct 22, 2020
With the government budget deficit expected to pass 40% this year, the African National Congress’s (ANC) options to source the coal needed to fuel its

Will the cost be worth it?
- By Nicholas Babaya
- . May 1, 2020
In his essay, The Parable of the Broken Window, the French political theorist, Frédéric Bastiat, stated that the difference between a good economist and a

Time to scrap the minimum wage?
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 18, 2020
Given the great economic difficulty South Africans will be facing during this Covid-19 pandemic, now more than ever it is important to lift unnecessary burdens