The French ambassador to the West African Republic of Niger flew out of the capital Niamey on Wednesday, the first sign that Paris may be getting ready to acknowledge that its century-old colonial presence is changing in ways perhaps never anticipated. France’s 1,500 troops are expected to leave in the coming months. Macron announced, “We […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Modi’s proposal at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, which concluded two days ago, for a space exploration consortium is intended to broaden India’s options and propel it into the leadership stakes. In this conversation on StratNews Global, space scientist Chaitanya Giri, Editor of Interstellar.news, argues that the proposal opens the door […]Read More
At the 15th BRICS summit in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Modi and President Xi Jinping, while exchanging words, merely committed to expedite disengagement along their disputed border. This casts doubt on Xi Jinping’s G20 summit attendance in Delhi on Sept 7. Meanwhile, BRICS welcomes six new members, including energy giants Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Iran. India’s […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The big fat takeaway coming out of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg: Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping agreeing “to direct their relevant officials to intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement and de-escalation” along their disputed border. That explains why they did not have a bilateral on the last day of the BRICS summit although […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The issue of BRICS expansion is important in many ways. The seed of BRICS lies in the Russia-India-China (RIC) dialogue initiated by the Russians. Russia had lost its peer status as a global power with the U.S. following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The world, especially for the Russians, had moved from […]Read More
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