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Rising Tensions in Taiwan Strait

As January 2024 -- the date for Taiwan's national elections -- draws closer, it is certain that China will be a factor in the elections. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's stop-overs in New York and Los Angeles and meeting with US House Majority Leader ....

Bola Ahmed Tinubu has Renewed Nigerian Hopes: Can he Awaken the Sleeping Giant?

As outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari decided to step down after serving the maximum two terms permitted by the constitution, Nigeria held its seventh democratic Presidential electionon 25th February.[1] Since the end of its military dictatorship in....

NATO Welcomes Finland as its 31st Member, Sweden to Follow Soon

The Russia-Ukraine crisis has assumed a new dimension as the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main sore point, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), welcomed its new member Finland on 4 April 2023, upon depositing its instrument of acces....

Missing Dot Pattern, Spotlight and Capacity Building Opportunity for Bharat

On 22nd March 2016, something interesting happened in the tech world. Almost all web platforms started crashing within a few minutes, from small enterprise apps to giants like Facebook, Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, etc. At one point, it seemed that the ....

Africa's Continental Divide: The Birth of a New Geopolitical Era of Prospects and Challenges

Abstract The African continent has been regarded as a unified landmass for centuries, sheltering diverse cultures, resources, and languages. However, recent geological studies have revealed the birth of a rare and extraordinary phenomenon occurring ....

Risks of Exaggeration: What to Make of Russia’s Relations with China after the Xi Visit

Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Moscow, 20-23March, his first abroad in his third term as China’s President, evoked considerable interest. Two joint statements and a dozen bilateral cooperation documents were signed. Xi’s personal equation wit....

China’s New Leadership is Preparing for a Military Threat

Amid the flurry of documents submitted and appointments confirmed at the recent plenary sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) -- China’s version of a parliament -- and the Chinese People's Consultative Conference (CPPCC) -- China’s top....

50 Years of Diplomatic Ties: Convergence and Challenges in India-South Korea Relations

The year 2023 marks 50 years of the establishment of formal diplomatic ties between India and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The Korean Embassy in New Delhi made a spectacular display of growing people-to-people ties between the two countries o....

Current Situation in Sri Lanka and Bilateral Relations with India

Current Political Situation It will be now over a year (April 01, 2022) since public protests gripped Sri Lanka against deteriorating economic situation in the country leading to a nation-wide emergency. It took three “long fought” months “Ara....

Sri Lanka's Local Government Elections marred by Uncertainty

The Local Government (LG) elections in Sri Lanka have been postponed twice in the last one year. The election to choose new administrations for 340 local councils[1] that serve four-year terms was last held in 2018; therefore, the same was supposed t....

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