In 1960, the US economist Walt Whitman Rostow published The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto. The subtitle revealed the book’s purpose. Rostow did not merely describe economic development; he offered an
INTRODUCTION Mayuri Banerjee is a Research Analyst with the East Asia Centre at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. Her research focuses on India-China relations, particularly
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Following is the address by the President of the People’s Republic of China at the Conference Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. Seventy years ago, the Five
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With the world on a catastrophic path, mainly due to the US’ machinations, whether it be in Ukraine, Palestine or Taiwan, to mould the world solely to its own wishes, Sri Lanka’s
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On the 18th of June, the parliamentary sessions started with the Speaker’s announcement of Supreme Court determinations on several bills, and mainly on Sri Lanka Telecommunications Amendment Bill. The determinations were clear
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What is the future likely to bring? A reasonable stance might be to try to look at the human species from the outside. So imagine that you’re an extraterrestrial observer who is trying to
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Mary Gallagher, a regular contributor to World Political Review, has written the following article depicting how Chinese electric vehicle manufacturing is posing a hindrance to the development of EU-China relations. She writes
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Neocolonialism: Old threats in a new era In February 2024, a forum was held in Moscow for supporters of the fight against modern neocolonialism practices. This forum, called For Freedom of Nations,
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ISRAELI ISOLATION ON THE WORLD STAGE An article in The Washington Post has reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are finding themselves increasingly boxed into a corner. Netanyahu
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s (AKD) speech as the Leader of the National People’s Power (NPP) at the National Convention organized by the Retired Police Officers Collective on 9 June 2024 is quite promising
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Ishaan Tharoor, in a report in The Washington Post, said that long before shock election results were released that eroded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political mandate, the seeds of discontent were planted
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In a recent article, Nina Khrushcheva wrote about President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing. Vladimir Putin’s recent state visit to Beijing – his first trip abroad since being inaugurated for a fifth
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Senior Israeli Military Criticizes Netanyahu Hiding behind “senior officers in the Israel Defense Forces” or “members of the General Staff,” the message went out to the news organizations. The troops were being
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Attempts had been made to compel UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to give up the premiership immediately after the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had left Janadhipathi Mandiraya in the early afternoon of July
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by Jude Amory In the annals of history, the moral compass has often pointed Westward, where nations like the United States have clad themselves in the armour of democracy and justice and
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Jaffna district parliamentarian Mathiaparanan Abraham Sumanthiran recently made a declaration supportive of the militarily defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which particularly captured public attention. Then soon after, MP Sumanthiran surprised
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