NEW DELHI: The U.S. White House declassifying the Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific is “very important and significant since it was supposed to be classified for 30 years, says Taiwan Member of Parliament Wang Ting-yu. “It reveals a layered strategy clearly” and “warns China if it dares to do something stupid (forcibly unify Taiwan), the price will […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Majority Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing through what is seen as a largely unworkable ultimatum to Vice President Mike Pence, demanding he invoke the 25th amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office. This is a curtain-raiser to an expected vote to impeach the President for the second time […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “Definitely expect some form of Chinese military aggression to try and strike fear into Taiwanese society and remind the government they have not given up the option of using the military to force reunification,” says William Yang, a correspondent for several international media groups in Taiwan. Yang said the Taiwanese government has “expressed […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “President-elect Joe Biden has identified a deep bench of distinguished, talented and very experienced leaders and advisors who can walk and chew gum at the same time,” says Alexander Slater, Deputy Managing Director for India at the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC). “Engagement with Europe won’t take away from their ability to work on […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “Hong Kong is the model for how China can change the world. If Beijing can completely reign in a once free city like Hong Kong. They can also change the free world order,” says Victoria Tin-bor Hui, Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. “This is really at the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “XI Jinping will be sitting with his popcorn and smiling”, says Cleo Paskal, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defence of Democracies on the U.S. Capitol being breached by President Donald Trump’s supporters while Congress was meeting to certify the Electoral College’s votes for President and Vice President. She added: “China loves this, it’s very […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) is a “major win for General Secretary Xi Jinping and really bad news for anyone who strives for more value-led European common foreign and security policy,” says Academic and Author Andreas Fulda. The deal pushed through on December 30, 2020 after seven years of negotiation “by […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Let the Biden administration publicly announce its plans but we don’t recognise unilateral sanctions, Russia’s Ambassador to India Nikolay R. Kudashev has said on the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) imposed on NATO member Turkey for purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system. At a press briefing, the envoy said “India’s […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “The ability to box-in President-elect Biden on foreign policy is extremely limited and overstated,” says Ambassador John Campbell, the former U.S. Envoy to Nigeria, adding, “in the case of Sudan and Morocco, the Biden administration will not reverse either of those” deals that has four arab countries, so far, joining the Abraham Accords […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “India doesn’t have to get its knickers in a twist,” over Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks to the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) think tank, says Nandan Unnikrishnan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation. “Judge them by the statement they’ve made through actions post Galwan. They’re supplying everything we’ve asked them for” he […]Read More