Category: IR & Bilateral Relations

Bringing back the Cold War rivalry!

The first day of last month started with an explosive news in the arena of global security, when the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the US is pulling out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Four days later, on February 5, Russia followed suit, bringing the INF Treaty to a collapse. […]

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46th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

46th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). India was invited by the host UAE as the “Guest of Honour” to attend the inaugural session of the OIC. Even though Pakistan is a founding member of OIC. It absented itself during […]

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India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway

The 1360 kms long India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway is an initiative pertaining to India, Myanmar and Thailand. India is undertaking construction of two sections of the Trilateral Highway in Myanmar namely, construction of 120.74 km Kalewa-Yagyi road section, and construction of 69 bridges along with the approach road on the 149.70 km Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa (TKK) road section. […]

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The brute power behind China’s South China Sea grab

The brute power behind China’s South China Sea grab China’s territorial grab exposes the vulnerability of the current liberal world order It has been just five years since China initiated its major land reclamation in the South China Sea, and the country has already shifted the territorial status quo in its favour—without facing any international […]

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Former President George HW Bush dead at 94

Former President George HW Bush dead at 94 A World War II hero, George HW Bush presided during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the final months of the Cold War George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the […]

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Why is democracy faltering?

Why is democracy faltering? The growing sense of unfairness accompanying technological progress and artificial intelligence has undermined ‘democratic legitimacy’ Jair Bolsonaro, (Brazil’s president-elect), is a far-right, gun-loving, media-baiting hyper-nationalist. The fact that he would be right at home among many of today’s global leaders—including the leaders of some of the world’s major democracies—should worry us […]

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The importance of Asia-Europe cooperation

The importance of Asia-Europe cooperation At a time when Donald Trump’s America is proving to be a disruptive actor, such cooperation could be a stabilizing force. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is the highest platform for Asia-Europe dialogue. As such, it could play a substantive role in fostering cooperation among the countries of the two continents. […]

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आईएमएफ की प्रमुख अर्थशास्त्री बनीं गीता गोपीनाथ, यह पद पाने वाली पहली भारतीय महिला

आईएमएफ की प्रमुख अर्थशास्त्री बनीं गीता गोपीनाथ, यह पद पाने वाली पहली भारतीय महिला हार्वर्ड यूनिवर्सिटी में भारतीय मूल की प्रोफेसर गीता गोपीनाथ को अंतरराष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष (आईएमएफ) का प्रमुख अर्थशास्त्री नियुक्त किया गया है। आईएमएफ ने इस संबंध में ट्विटर पर जानकारी दी है। वो मौरीस ओब्सफेल्ड की जगह लेंगी। मौरी इस साल के अंत […]

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