The sombre mood at the Council for Foreign Affairs in New York during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s talk on Tuesday was only to be expected against the backdrop of the India-Canada diplomatic spat
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Two interesting things happened at the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. Several new members were invited to join BRICS in 2024: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
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by Saurav Sarkar The ethnoreligious violence in the Indian state of Manipur between Meiteis and Kukis has been ongoing since May, but it was only in July 2023 when a video went viral in
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The false narratives of Western media about the Chinese economy are defamation — “the weapon of choice to avoid competition,” French essayist and entrepreneur Laurent Michelon told Xinhua in a recent interview.
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At its fifteenth summit in August 2023, the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) group adopted the Johannesburg II Declaration, which, amongst other issues, raised the question of reforming the United Nations, particularly its security council. To
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Russia’s focus currently is on its western front, in Ukraine and neighboring countries. There is, however, another front that concerns Russia: its southern border, which runs along and through the Caucasus Mountains.
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The Parliament last week wasted two days on a much hyped debate on national security and the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage carried out by local Muslim extremists radicalized by ISIS ideology. The
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The well-respected Israeli think tank, the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) has proposed that Israel ask for a security treaty with the United States. The proposal is in an editorial form and has no signatures
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Who murdered Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar? This crime, which occurred last June near Vancouver, British Columbia, has riveted Canada and put Ottawa on a collision course with India, now the
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The Ukrainian counter-offensive continues, but it appears to be less intense. Ukraine has not made any significant progress so far, and in some cases its forces have been pushed back. The Russians have published
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The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, Anthony Rota, stepped down from his post on Tuesday amid controversies over his invitation to a veteran who fought for a Nazi military unit during
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. “On this International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we remind ourselves of a fundamental truth: the
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by Zheng Bofei Facing an array of unprecedented crises and challenges, humanity today needs wisdom and action to surmount them for better lives. A decade after Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed building
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