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Europe News Digest (1-15 May, 2025)

Jaishankar Takes a Swipe at Europe Taking a swipe at European nations trying to influence New Delhi's stand on geopolitical issues, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has said India looks for partners, "not preachers" and some of Europe is "...

Europe News Digest (16-30 April, 2025)

Trump and Meloni talk up Chances of US Trade Deal with Europe Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni talked up the chances of a trade deal between the US and Europe, as the Italian prime minister visited Washington. "There will be a trade deal, 100%,"...

From Sanctions to Nuclear Deterrence: Europe’s Peace Plan for Ukraine

With almost two months behind since the start of negotiations between the United States and Russia on the war in Ukraine, Russia’s recent deadly missile attacks on Zelenskyy’s hometown Kryvyi Rih on April 4 and the Ukrainian city of Sumy on April 13...

Europe News Digest (1-15 April, 2025)

Trump Unveils 10% Tariff on all Imports to US and 20% on the EU US President Donald Trump unveiled the much-anticipated “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs in a speech at the White House Rose Garden, imposing a minimum 10% tariff on all countries...

Myanmar - Russia Partnership: Deepening Strategic Ties

Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar, Min Aung Hlain conducted ‘an official goodwill visit’[1] to Russia, accompanied by other members of SAC and senior officials of Myanmar. On March 4, 2025, Russian President Vladimir...

Making Sense of Trump’s Ukraine U-turn

The US President Donald Trump’s friendlier stance towards the Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the one hand, and fiery altercation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the other, has baffled the world. Within the US, the Democrats...

Europe News Digest (16-28 February, 2025)

Starmer says US 'Backstop' Needed for Ukraine Peace Deal Sir Keir Starmer has said any Ukraine peace deal would require a "US backstop" to deter Russia from attacking its neighbour again. Speaking after a hastily convened meeting with European...

16th BRICS Summit: Key Takeaways

The 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia on 22-24 October, 2024 marks a watershed moment since the group’s evolution, as it was the first after induction of four new members, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the UAE. The key highlights from the Kazan summit...

Review of the 21st Valdai Discussion Club Meeting

In a wide ranging four hour long open and frank interaction with the participants of the Valdai Discussion Club (VDC) meeting held in Sochi on 07 Nov 2024, Putin touched upon a variety of issues ranging from the rise of new multilateralism, the...

The Kursk Incursion – An Analysis

Scope This work attempts to analyse the issues related to the recent incursion of Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of Russia. In that, it examines the so-called 'gains' from such an incursion in the light of existing realities. The Event [1] On...

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