Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
Irked by recent contentions over succession of HH The Dalai Lama and references to Arunchal Pradesh and Tibet a relevant Chinese strategic messaging through action could be anticipated. Differences over succession of
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In 1957, Mao Zedong oversaw the publication of Socialist Upsurge in China’s Countryside, a three-volume collection of articles compiled by the Communist Party of China for the political education of the peasantry. The
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Life comes at you fast. Only five weeks after vowing to step back from politics and a month after accusing President Donald Trump of being a pedophile, Elon Musk declared his intention
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Even in the darkest hour of the US-Iran standoff since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, it was never lost on perceptive observers that the acrimonious rift was more of an estranged relationship longing
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Deshamanya Bradman Weerakoon ‘s demise marked the end of one era in this country, in which Bradman was both a vigilant spectator and a player. Born in the decaying stage of British
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The atomic bomb has been humanity’s most dangerous creation; that the United States government used the atom bomb twice against Japan’s civilians in August 1945 can neither be forgiven nor forgotten. It
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The post-Cold War order is unravelling. The global trading system and the multilateral order, painstakingly built after the Second World War, have been torn apart. What once stood as a framework for
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The recent dismantling of a recruitment and fundraising network linked to the Islamic State (IS) in Malaysia, predominantly involving Bangladeshi migrant workers, has shattered any lingering sense of complacency in both Southeast
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Sri Lanka has to navigate its foreign policy within turbulent waters, considering its pivotal location in the Indian Ocean. Being the neighbour to India—a regional power, which some consider an emerging superpower—India
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The Iranian province of Sistan-o-Balochistan, historically marked by marginalization and sporadic insurgency, is once again witnessing waves of unrest. Recent developments suggest that this unrest is neither spontaneous nor entirely local in
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