The Philippines has summoned China’s ambassador to Manila to express its “serious concern and strong objection” to remarks it said conveyed a threat to use force, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. ~ Abraham Lincoln Introduction Prediction is hazardous: especially about the future, goes an old Danish proverb. There is an old
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Sri Lanka’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will continue for the coming four years irrespective of the government in power, said the central bank governor on Friday. Addressing a press
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The Afghan caretaker government’s acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi said the administration has been looking forward to achieving self-sufficiency within the next three years. “We are going towards self-sufficiency
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Following excerpts adapted from the authors’ latest book, The Political Thought of Xi Jinping, published by Oxford University Press The 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held in October 2022
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A recent media report showed Beijing has taken successful anti-surveillance moves that “vastly complicate (U.S.) spy operations” inside China. And in a jaw-dropping response, America not only had the brass to speak
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Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine is entering a new phase. President Vladimir Putin lifted the fog of war and hinted at what can be expected going forward in a landmark speech at
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There is an emerging consensus in the Biden administration that Ukraine is barely hanging on in its war with Russia and that some sort of negotiated settlement will be needed. While this is portrayed
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The Philippines has long been an important component of Washington’s alliance network in the Asia-Pacific. Its geography is such that Manila can help to make or break China’s access to the maritime
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In a recent revelation from the latest Audit General Report, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sri Lanka is under intense scrutiny for its alleged negligence in fulfilling its mission to promote
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Indian diplomacy is ending 2023 with a momentous turnaround. What began as a course correction necessitated by the torrential flow of events in West Asia is assuming strategic overtones. Truly, the aberration
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More than two decades after Western Balkan countries embarked on their journey of accession to the European Union (EU), their progress remains slow. “We — and I include here Serbia, Bosnia and
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On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which included an interesting provision: for the U.S. President to create a special envoy for the Abraham Accords, the Negev
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These days the world is rightly involved with the genocidal activities of the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu even though the Jews had suffered unspeakable atrocities by Hitler’s Nazi Germany the world
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Tensions between Iraq and the United States are escalating after Washington gave the green light for its forces to respond to attacks launched by Iranian-backed Iraqi militias on U.S. military bases in
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The following statement was issued by M A Sumanthiran MP and Suren Surendiran on behalf of Global Tamil Forum (GTF), an influential Tamil diaspora organisation – established in 2009 following the end
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