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What Lula’s Brazil Win Means For India & The World; Bolsonaro Loses, But Far-Right Here To Stay

What Lula’s Brazil Win Means For India & The World; Bolsonaro Loses, But Far-Right Here To Stay

Team StratNews November 2, 2022

NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist’, in São Paulo, Professor Guilherme Casarões, a Political Scientist, Professor at the prestigious Fundação Getulio Vargas School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP), Foreign Policy & Far-Right movement analyst and Coordinator, Observatório da Extrema Direita (Extreme Right Observatory, Brazil) in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Professor Casarões explains the comeback from prison over corruption charges of two-time […]Read More

‘Sustained International Pressure Forced Pakistan To Act’

‘Sustained International Pressure Forced Pakistan To Act’

Team StratNews November 1, 2022

NEW DELHI: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which keeps a close eye on terror financing and money laundering worldwide, took Pakistan off its grey list less than a fortnight ago. It was the third time the country earned the ignominy of finding itself on a list of countries under increased scrutiny for failing to comply […]Read More

India-Turkey Relations: A New Beginning But Long Road Ahead

India-Turkey Relations: A New Beginning But Long Road Ahead

Team StratNews November 1, 2022

NEW DELHI: Few saw it coming but a thaw of sorts in ties between India and Turkey came a month and a half ago. On the sidelines of the SCO summit in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Turkish President Erdogan. The two leaders discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in diverse sectors, tweeted PM Modi’s […]Read More

Why India’s Push For A Comprehensive Convention On Terrorism Is Deadlocked: UN Meet,Sanctions & FATF

Why India’s Push For A Comprehensive Convention On Terrorism Is Deadlocked: UN Meet,Sanctions & FATF

Team StratNews October 31, 2022

NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist’, Ambassador Asoke Mukerji, India’s Former Permanent Representative at the United Nations in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. In 2010, Ambassador Mukerji also supervised the Ministry of External Affairs’ Counter Terrorism (CT) work, during which India negotiated entry to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the […]Read More

India-Turkey Ties Headed For Revival?

India-Turkey Ties Headed For Revival?

Team StratNews October 29, 2022

NEW DELHI: The bilateral relationship between India and Turkey has often been frosty. Turkish President Erdogan has been vocal in criticizing India’s handling of the situation in Kashmir. Besides, he has chosen to elevate ties with Islamabad that continues to foment trouble in the Valley. Therefore, it came as a surprise when Prime Minister Narendra […]Read More

‘Political’ Press Conference: Imran Blasts ISI Chief

‘Political’ Press Conference: Imran Blasts ISI Chief

Team StratNews October 29, 2022

A day after ISI chief Lt. Gen. Nadeem Anjum held an unprecedented press conference and targeted Imran Khan, the former prime minister hit back. Addressing a crowd in Lahore as his party began the long march towards Islamabad, Imran castigated the ISI director general for claiming his organisation was apolitical and neutral. He said the spy chief […]Read More

‘China Expanding Nuclear Arsenal To Threaten U.S.’

‘China Expanding Nuclear Arsenal To Threaten U.S.’

Team StratNews October 29, 2022

China is developing its nuclear forces to threaten the United States and shield its authoritarian ambitions, according to the Biden administration’s newly published National Defense Strategy. The strategy highlights China’s communist regime as “the most comprehensive and serious challenge to U.S. national security” and directs political and military leaders to “act urgently to sustain and […]Read More

Good Response: Mahinda Rajapaksa At SLPP Comeback Rally

Good Response: Mahinda Rajapaksa At SLPP Comeback Rally

Team StratNews October 29, 2022

Claiming that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has received “good response” from the people during its “Ekwa Negitimu” (Let’s Rise Together) rallies, former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the SLPP will not only rise again but also formulate programmes to rebuild the country. Addressing the third rally in the series, Rajapaksa said: “You all know […]Read More

Outrage Over Nepal Poll Body Curbs On Negative Campaign

Outrage Over Nepal Poll Body Curbs On Negative Campaign

Team StratNews October 29, 2022

A statement issued by Nepal’s election commission asking the public to refrain from making “negative” comments on prominent leaders or risk legal action has created a flutter. The statement came following posts on social media, with the primary theme “No, Not Again”, calling on voters to reject certain politicians, particularly those who have been prime minister at least […]Read More

Financial Fraud: 8000 Sri Lankans Lose Billions

Financial Fraud: 8000 Sri Lankans Lose Billions

Team StratNews October 29, 2022

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Sri Lanka has launched an investigation into a financial fraud involving Rs14 billion in a fake crypto currency scheme. Police Spokesman Nihal Thalduwa said the alleged fraud was carried out by a Chinese couple and a Sri Lankan citizen and 8,000 people had fallen victim to it since 2020, […]Read More

A Guide To Contemporary China

A Guide To Contemporary China

Team StratNews October 29, 2022

Protecting Women A revised draft of China’s women’s protection law intends to strengthen the supervision of media coverage on gender issues. The draft, which comes in the wake of several high-profile cases that have triggered concerns over the privacy and reputational rights of women, has been submitted to China’s top legislature for review. China first […]Read More

A Pakistani Journalist’s Murder, Politics And The Army

A Pakistani Journalist’s Murder, Politics And The Army

Team StratNews October 28, 2022

NEW DELHI: Lahore’s iconic Liberty Chowk was a sea of flags on Friday as PTI chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan reached there to lead what he called a “Haqeeqi Azaadi” or Real Freedom march to the capital Islamabad. The march is dedicated to the memory of Arshad Sharif, the journalist who died under […]Read More

Biden’s $3.5 Bn Fund For Frozen Afghan Central Bank Reserves, Taliban, Sanctions & Economic Crisis

Biden’s $3.5 Bn Fund For Frozen Afghan Central Bank Reserves, Taliban, Sanctions & Economic Crisis

Team StratNews October 28, 2022

New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’ in Connecticut, USA, Dr Anwar ul-Haq Ahady, one of the four members of the Board of Trustees of the U.S. set up $3.5 billion ‘Afghan Fund’ in Switzerland, Former Afghan Commerce & Industries, Ex-Finance Minister and Ex-Governor of the Afghan Central Bank(Da Afghanistan Bank or DAB) in conversation with StratNews […]Read More

‘The Sunak Sunrise Will Not Be Unchallenged’

‘The Sunak Sunrise Will Not Be Unchallenged’

Team StratNews October 26, 2022

Leaving aside all the tropes about Britain’s first ethnic Asian/Indian/non-white to become prime minister, this could be Rishi Sunak‘s finest moment or depending on how he performs, his lowest. In this conversation on The Gist, Rahul Roy Chaudhary of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, analyses the challenges before Sunak given his past […]Read More

Pakistan Readies Global Propaganda Blitzkrieg On Kashmir

Pakistan Readies Global Propaganda Blitzkrieg On Kashmir

Team StratNews October 26, 2022

StratNews Global learns that the Pakistani establishment is on the verge of unleashing a global campaign to malign the Indian government (not for the first time) on October 27, the day Indian Army troops landed in Srinagar in 1947 to protect Kashmir from rampaging Pakistan-backed armed tribesmen. Islamabad describes the Indian Army deployment as a […]Read More

A Guide To Contemporary China

A Guide To Contemporary China

Team StratNews October 22, 2022

Study Room Businesses For Chen Feifei, life now revolves around a three-square-meter area equipped with a wooden desk, a lamp, and piles of textbooks. The 22-year-old paid 2,888 yuan ($400) to lease the study room for six months, as she prepares for her upcoming postgraduate entrance exam in December. Like her, millions of students and […]Read More

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