NEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s first in person summit with US President Joe Biden, he got a public nudge on democracy and human rights from Vice President Kamala Harris, although it was conveyed in a manner that also reflected America’s domestic issues. She said: “It is imperative that we defend democratic principles and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point’, Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, India’s Former Foreign Secretary and Ex-Envoy to France, Russia, Turkey and Egypt and Akriti Vasudeva, Research Analyst at the Stimson Centre and Editor-at-large, South Asian Voices in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The panellists analyse the deliverables from the first in-person meeting of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Dr Aparna Pande, Director of the Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia at the Hudson Institute and co-author of the U.S. think tank’s report, ‘Pakistan’s Destabilisation Playbook: Khalistan Separatist Activism Within the U.S.’ in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The Hudson Institute report is co-authored by […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Cleo Paskal, Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies (FDD) focusing on the Indo-Pacific region and Associate Fellow in the Asia-Pacific programme, Chatham House in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. In this interview, Cleo Paskal discusses desirable outcomes of the first in-person Quad […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Does the new AUKUS (Australia, UK, US) security alliance leave India in a limbo? It seems to underscore one point, that India is on its own since it is the sole Quad member which is not linked with the US in a security alliance. Japan is a long standing US ally, and AUKUS […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Gas is good and therefore the way to go, argues Vikram Singh Mehta, in this seminal volume The Next Stop, which he has edited. The book has 24 chapters written by experts and professionals covering everything from “Why Gas?” to supply and demand issues, the case for India, regulation and sustainability and so […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In our special series on the global climate crises, Helen Clark, three-time Prime Minister of New Zealand, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) for two tenures, Co-chair of the World Health Organisation(WHO) established Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response and Editor, ‘Climate Aotearoa’ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In our special series on the global climate crisis, Former Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. “We have to listen to science that has been speaking for the past 40 years,” the former Mauritius President says, lamenting that “the urgency with which climate change issues […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It’s India’s only region that has a dedicated ministry to look after its development needs. That’s because the Northeast largely remained out of focus as policy makers at the Centre seemed out of sync with public aspirations and ground realities in the decades that followed India’s Independence. That led to a sense of […]Read More
New Covid-19 cases, up from 25 a day earlier Covid infections are on the rise with 46 new confirmed cases on Friday, including 31 locally transmitted cases, all in southeastern Fujian Province, according to the latest data from the National Health Commission. Several areas in and around Fujian have been classified as medium to high-risk […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With climate change manifesting itself in the form of extreme and erratic weather globally—heavy rain, intense heat waves, rising sea levels, wildfires, etc—the UN climate panel says failure to take act on the warning signs may have catastrophic effects. Now, we have got to make each day the day of climate, says Freddy […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point’, Ambassador Asoke Mukerji, India’s Former Permanent Representative to the UN, who also opened India’s first Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan Embassies in 1992 and Niva Yau Tsz Yan, Resident Researcher, OSCE Academy in Bishkek in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Mukerji was also India’s Envoy to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Ali Ahmadi, Geo-political and geo-economic analyst speaks to StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi in this comprehensive chat from Tehran. On President Ebrahim Raisi taking part in-person at the SCO Summit, he says, “the idea that China is going to now accept Iran into an Asian security agreement, that’s not something I […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist’, Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y. Shrikhande(Retd), Maritime Strategist and Former Head, Naval Intelligence in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ahead of the ‘Quad’ in-person Summit and bilaterals between the American, Indian, Australian and Japanese Heads of Government on September 23-24, the U.S., Britain and Australia have announced […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The visit of US climate czar John Kerry to Delhi appears to have gone off well, going by media reports. But exactly what Kerry and his Indian counterparts agreed and disagreed upon will remain confidential. But Kerry’s push for “net zero” emissions is a pointer to his larger game plan. India’s former climate […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka is in a deep economic crisis with runaway food prices resulting in the declaration of an economic emergency by the government of President Gotbaya Rajapaksa. A senior army officer has been appointed to oversee the distribution of essential goods. It has sparked concerns in some quarters about army rule. In this […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Ambassador Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, Former Indian Envoy To Japan in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Even as Japan eyes the contenders to replace Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the White House has announced U.S. President Joe Biden will host the first-ever in-person Quad summit on September 24. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Chinese apps banned last year in the wake of clashes in Ladakh, are making a stealthy come back. So whether it’s PUB-G or TikTok, both are back under different names with different IP addresses to conceal their common Chinese ownership. The alarming issue here is the Chinese government’s crackdown on its tech companies […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On this day 20 years ago, a string of terrorist attacks numbed America into a state of shock and disbelief. A band of Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes, of which two were rammed into the twin World Trade Center towers in New York. The United States went after Al Qaeda, waging a […]Read More
Shortage Of Skilled Workers China has a problem – a possible shortage of skilled workers in the future. Research conducted by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Ministry of Education shows ten major fields of manufacturing will suffer from a shortage of nearly 30 million skilled workers by 2025. The problem will be […]Read More
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