The Lee Administration leaked the possibility of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz on 03 September. The backlash was immediate from Korean civil society that opposes any type of support
“When the battle broke out, our public diplomacy began to speak of our imaginary victories, to put the Arab public to sleep and talk of the ability to overcome and win easily
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At an economic forum last week in Shanghai, a senior Chinese government adviser named Liu Yuanchun, who is also the president of the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, made some stark remarks
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Israeli bombs continue to fall on Gaza, killing Palestinian civilians with abandon. Al Jazeera published a story about the destruction of 24 hospitals in Gaza, each of them bombed mercilessly by the Israeli military.
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Washington has dusted up its old toolbox to re-engage its cold-war ally Turkey and resuscitate their moribund alliance to serve the US’ geo-strategic interests in the rapidly changing regional environment. This stems
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Today is Sunday, April 21, 2024. Five years ago on April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday was observed. The SLCG Ship Suraksha, a 100-meter-long Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), was preparing for a 14-day
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Everyone, whether man or woman, rich or poor, literate or illiterate, would have wondered at one time or another in their lifetime about where they were born and where they would go
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The United States’ diplomatic initiative to issue a joint statement condemning Iran on its “Attack on the State of Israel” has ended in fiasco, as there were hardly any takers for it from outside
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On April 13, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles from its own territory in its first-ever direct, attributable attack against Israel, thrusting the long-simmering shadow war between the two regional foes into the
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BJP government has made foreign policy a key election issue: Prime Minister Modi has stated, ‘Neighbour first and Act East second.’ Foreign Minister S Jaishankar is campaigning how G20 has enhanced India’s
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In a recent write up appeared in the East Asia Forum, Robin Jeffry said, “From a young age, Modi has been a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu-supremacist organization
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