Water wars: The new normal?
The recent border clashes between Iran and Afghanistan have a really dreaded portent for the future, both at the local and global levels, besides being a pointer to how we have managed our environment resources in a foolish manner. As per reports from the Iranian Tasnim News Agency, deadly clashes broke out between Iranian border […]
Syria Back in theArab-fold
After more than a dozen years of ostracism by regional Arab and western leaders, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is officially back in the Arab fold, he was warmly embraced by regional leaders at the Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last week.
Apparently, it seems that the Arab League has lost its meaning and purpose and it is demonstrated by the manner in which member states takes its sessions in a non-serious manner. Morocco declined to host a summit in 2016, calling the event a waste of time. The Saudi crown prince Muhammad bin Salman, skipped last […]
Prioritising the road ahead for the Indian Industry
The last 9 years have proved to be a period of immense economic and commercial gains for India businesses, partly helped by the government’s new policy initiatives and also the charged-up Indian businessmen ready to take-up new challenges and claim their due place under the sun. 75 years after independence, becoming the fifth largest economy […]
Strained Indo-Pak Ties to Stay
India taking down Pakistan at the SCO meet is indicative of changing diplomatic might of India. India will not stick to fake goody words any longer. It signals Pakistan about the need to do more to shed the tag of being a global headache on terrorism.
Coming soon after the recent Shanghai Cooperation Council’s (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Summit in New Delhi, India last week hosted the Foreign Ministers of the SCO at Goa. The common thread between these two summits was the tough posturing by India against its two neighbours Pakistan and China. At the Goa meeting, India’s External Affairs Minister, […]
India Talks Tough at SCO Meet
Indian defence Minister categorically took China to task for border transgressions and asserted that Sino-Indian relations are premised on the prevalence of peace and tranquillity at the borders.
Last week at the Shanghai Cooperation Council’s Defence Ministers’ meeting, India adopted a very tough stand to deal with its immediate neighbour China, which has been the founding father of the SCO. Relations between two Asian neighbours have not been very cordial in the recent past, on the issue of border transgressions by China in […]
NATO’s Expansion
Finland formally became a member of NATO on 4 April 2023 during a scheduled summit, finalising the fastest accession process in the treaty's history.
Last week, the blue-and-white flag of Finland was raised alongside those of its western partners outside NATO’s headquarters in Brussels after the Nordic country formally became the 31st member of the transatlantic defensive alliance. Guests at the ceremony, including the U.S. secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and the Finnish president, foreign and defence ministers applauded […]
Progressing British Muslims
Superficial concerns have been raised both within and outside the UK about the status of the Muslim population, though the census statistics convey something positive. UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS), last week released the latest Census data, which apparently shows that unemployment level amongst Muslims was as high as 1 in 20, for people […]
Majoritarianism on March in Israel
The Israeli Parliament has given initial approval to several pieces of legislation, including a Bill protecting the prime minister from being declared unfit for office, or incapacitated, and another to allow settlements in the northern West Bank.
Israel’s Parliament, The Knesset, on 14 March advanced a Parliamentary Bill that would let lawmakers pass laws that the Supreme Court cannot overturn – a key piece of legislation in Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies’ proposed judicial overhaul that has divided the country. The new Bill aimed at weakening the Supreme Court passed first reading, […]
Global Indignation Over Saudi Development Plans
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to build a large cube-shaped structure as part of a re-development project in the capital, Riyadh, triggering angry reactions from Muslims on social media, saying it resembles the Kaabah.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) announced the launch of the New Murabba Development Company, last week. The new company will oversee developing a new downtown area spread over 19 sq. km. in capital Riyadh Authorities claim that plans have been created keeping sustainability and environment in mind. The project would include green […]
Exploiting technology to undermine democracy
A recent disconcerting report based on an investigation carried by 30 global media outlets, including the Guardian and Der Spiegel, claims to have exposed a team of freelance units based in Israel, which disrupt elections and manipulate public opinion using disinformation campaigns. Undercover reporters recorded a group of covert cyber influence specialists as they pitched […]
