Ukraine is about much more than the security of one sovereign nation. The battle for Ukraine is a battle for the new world order. In that battle, Russian President Vladimir Putin is living up to the worst expectations of Western...
Photo credit- Reuters Russia’s military has moved into Ukraine despite threats of sanctions repeated ad nauseum by President Biden and other leaders of the West. Obviously, the repeated threats of sanctions have not made any difference to Putin’s behavior. ...
At the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2022 held on 18-20 February, over 30 heads of state and government gathered, and more than 200 ministerial officials and leaders of important international organisations assembled to express views, reviews, and overviews of...
Photograph Source: orangemania – CC BY 2.0 On 2 August 1990, Saddam Hussein ordered the Iraqi army to invade and occupy Kuwait in an operation that led to Iraq’s defeat in war, rebellions crushed in blood, 13 years of UN sanctions, defeat in...
Institute of Global South Studies and Research is organizing a lecture in collaboration with Vakkom Moulavi Memorial and Research on 26 February 2022 at 7 PM (IST). The Lecture will be delivered by Dr. T.M. Thomas Isaac, former finance minister...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gesturing at a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin , Moscow, February 15, 2022 The upshot of the Russian response, transmitted to Washington on Thursday, regarding security guarantees may look as if the...
On January 21, 2022, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach attended a talk in New Delhi, India, organized by the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses. Schönbach was speaking as the chief of Germany’s navy during his visit to the institute. “What he really...
By Ramzy Baroud Image: Members of General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA), civil associations and political parties march in Sandton, Johannesburg as they hold anti-Israel banners during a pro-Palestine demonstration, on 27 January 2022....
Joint India-UAE Vision Statement - Advancing the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: New Frontiers, New milestones Image Credit: WAM H.E. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and Deputy...
Announcing that worldwide commerce amounted to around $28.5 trillion last year, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) explained that this represented an increase of almost 13 per cent compared to the pre-pandemic level of 2019. “The positive trend...