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 three-day state visit of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi to the U.S. was marked by the Biden administration’s attempts to pull India closer regarding the so-called containment of China. Modi is
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Construction of a multipurpose vessel for scientific deep-sea research and archaeological investigations has started in southern Chinese city Guangzhou. The versatile patented vessel features functions including unrestricted water navigation, manned deep diving,
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The former Pentagon and Rand Corp official Daniel Ellsberg, who died earlier this month, created two big bombshells. Hated by the right, lauded by the left and libertarians, Ellsberg, in our view,
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The CNN, followed by the New York Times, broke the story on Sunday that the US and western intelligence were indeed aware of the failed coup attempt on Friday night by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Oh, what a magnificent sight it is to behold! The esteemed foreign missions, sustained by the hard-earned cash of Sri Lankan citizens, have become delightful playgrounds for
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In an unusual cartoon illustrated spread taking up more than half its front page last Tuesday, the Daily Mirror splashed the news of the impending appointment of Mr. Rohitha Bogollagama, a former foreign minister, as
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The Gwadar Port and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Baluchistan are two interrelated endeavors that have attracted considerable scholarly and public interest in recent times. The Gwadar Port and China-Pakistan Economic
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Political analyst Ashley J Tellis in a recent article in Foreign Affairs magazine (India as It Is Washington and New Delhi Share Interests, Not Values By Daniel Markey July/August 2023 Published on
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Editorial The just concluded Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, held on 22 and 23 June 2023 in France, provided a platform for leaders from around the world to address the
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Oh, how fortunate we are to witness the grand spectacle of a clown in the White House ruling over the so-called “free world.” In this remarkable theater,
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by Robert Lawrence Kuhn Other than global economic and social imbalances, and climate change, defining and protecting human rights is the most important challenge for the international community. “Whole-process people’s democracy” is
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A new mood of defiance in the Global South has generated bewilderment in the capitals of the Triad (the United States, Europe, and Japan), where officials are struggling to answer why governments in the
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In a strong rebuttal to recent claims by the US Secretary of State regarding the presence of a Chinese spy base in Cuba, the Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla,
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On June 8, the U.S. media added to its long storybook of tales to scare people away from normal relations with Cuba. The Wall Street Journal published an article on that day claiming that
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Consisting of members of the Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Air Force, Bangladesh Navy, Border Guard Bangladesh and Bangladesh Ansar, the Rapid Action Battalion, is an anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the
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