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Not Israel but South Africa is Testing the West’s Claim to Moral Superiority

January 28, 2024
Diplomacy/Human Rights

Nesrine Malik of The Guardian rightly pointed out that it’s not only Israel on trial. South Africa is testing the West’s claim to moral superiority. The world, she writes, has failed Gaza

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Are Posthumus Awards Appropriate?

January 28, 2024
Columns

The Government of India has recently conferred the highest award on a highly respected mass leader of deprived people who passed away around 35 years ago. Additionally, an award has been announced

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The vulnerability of small island nations?

January 27, 2024
Columns

Small island nation States around the world are very vulnerable to among other things small population size, remoteness from international markets, high transport costs, fragile land and maritime ecosystems. They seem particularly

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An Assassination Scandal Threatens India’s Relations With the Five Eyes

January 27, 2024
Columns

Since mid-2023, a series of assassination plots have strained India’s relations with Canada and the U.S. In June 2023, a Sikh separatist activist living in Canada was reportedly killed on orders from Indian

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Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping add to maritime woes, lead to global price hikes: UN

January 27, 2024
Business

Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea have cut Suez Canal trade volume by 42 percent since November, a UN trade official said on Thursday. The disruption adds to the strain

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Russian Plane Crash and UN — Why is the World Dragging its Feet?

January 27, 2024
Aviation/Ukraine

If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it.

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Vulnerabilities in U.S. Air Defenses in Iraq and Syria

January 27, 2024
Defence

Forbes has produced an excellent report on keeping US troops in Iraq and Syria.  The bottom line, despite appearances to the contrary, the US isn’t leaving either place anytime soon.  If true, what about

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ICJ ruling on Gaza is on the way

January 26, 2024
Diplomacy/Judiciary

In a few hours from now, by this evening per IST, it is expected that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule on the South African request for provisional measures to stop what

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India’s 75th Republic Day Spectacle

January 26, 2024
India

New Delhi, January 26, 2024 – India celebrated its 75th Republic Day today with a spectacular display of military prowess and cultural richness at the Kartavya Path in the heart of the

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America’s Dark Descent – The Nitrogen Gas Execution Controversy

January 26, 2024
Editorials

Editorial In the hushed chambers of Alabama’s execution room, a gruesome chapter in the United States’ sordid history of capital punishment unfolded on Thursday night. Kenneth Smith, a death row inmate, became

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Foreign Missions Offer Divergent Views on Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Bill

January 26, 2024
Diplomacy/News

The recent passage of Sri Lanka’s Online Safety Bill has sparked contrasting reactions from foreign missions, with the Russian Embassy asserting that the legislation is solely a domestic matter, while the U.S.

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Challenges in the Forthcoming Presidential Elections

January 26, 2024
Columns/Presidential Election 2024

Unless there is a major political predicament, the Presidential elections will be held between September and October 2024. That is for what all political parties and formations are now getting ready. It

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Remove Netanyahu: Pressure Mounts on Israel’s Intelligence Chiefs

January 26, 2024
Defence

When I got back from Vietnam some 50-plus years ago, all I wanted to do was get on with my life. My experience in the war as an Army intelligence case officer

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Repealing FMR in Manipur: Missing the Woods for the Trees

January 26, 2024
Defence

The last nine months in Manipur, one of the most vibrant states in Manipur has seen a serious deterioration of the political and as a consequence the security situation resulting in what

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Pomp and Glory: Some Remarks on Indian Republic Day Parade

January 26, 2024
History

Embracing a New Constitution By nature, the Republic Day celebration in India is a ceremony displaying the pomp and glory of India not only as a nation but as a civilizational state

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