by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The BRICS New Delhi Declaration is less a routine summit communiqué than a broad statement of intent about how its members believe the international system should
The United States is quietly investing hundreds of millions of dollars in building and upgrading military infrastructure for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), according to newly uncovered documents published by Haaretz. The
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Issued today, 8 July 2025, by the Hinrich Foundation in Singapore, Stewart Paterson’s incisive report “Will Industrial Policy Restore American Manufacturing Leadership?” interrogates the ambitious, multifaceted campaign by the United States to
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor We must, without doubt, congratulate another gathering of BRICS 2025, but this polished ceremony of rhetorical commitment masks a disquieting duplicity—a theatre of solidarity that often performs
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Mr President, This letter is neither a routine diplomatic overture nor a rhetorical exercise in grievance. It is a carefully considered appeal issued by the editorial team of the Sri Lanka Guardian,
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For the ruling National Peoples Power (NPP) group led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (AKD), the local government (LG) elections held during May 2025 was one of the coming-of-age tests at national
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I started my career in journalism during the early 1960s as a reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago, a now long-gone local news agency that was set up by the
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Editor’s Note: Dr Shashi Jayakumar has dedicated his career to international security. He is the founder and executive director of SJK Geostrategic Advisory, a security and political risk consultancy. Prior to this,
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor In 2020, Pakistan’s Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Muhammad Khan, suggested that Donald Trump be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering the Israel–UAE deal. At the
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Editor’s Note: Annie White, Director of Software Tools at the Growth Lab, Harvard Kennedy School, and Sebastian Bustos, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Development, Harvard University, recently presented their
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Editor’s Note: The following remarks were shared by Trinh Nguyen, Senior Economist for Emerging Asia at Natixis, during her lecture titled ‘Navigating the Uncertainty.’ The event was organised as part of the
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