NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of an ongoing border standoff with China that’s over three years old, India has “no option but to commence a dialogue with China, simply because you don’t have the luxury of being separated by oceans and continents,” says former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale. The other Quad partners have also entered […]Read More
In January next year, the United Nations will hold its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) where it will scrutinise the human rights conduct of its member states, assess their claims on upholding human rights and also invite NGOs and other stakeholders to give their views on the country in question. It could be a particularly uncomfortable […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Dr Renato Cruz De Castro is not known for mincing his words. A distinguished professor at De La Salle University, Manila, and an adjunct faculty member at the National Defence College of the Philippines (NDCP) Professor De Castro, conducts professional courses on International Relations, Strategic and Security Studies, and is a module director […]Read More
For the last few years, the Chinese economy has come under close scrutiny, especially after the West initiated decoupling. The covid-19 pandemic, which had dodgy origins in Wuhan, China, drove a fresh wedge between China and the West. Its rapidly slowing economy has got commentators claiming that its economic end is near. Inevitably, the reality […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sinopec, a Chinese state-owned oil and gas enterprise, will be given the contract to build an oil refinery in the southern Sri Lankan port city of Hambantota, Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has said. “There were only two bidders shortlisted and Vitol (Singapore) pulled out. That leaves only Sinopec and we will […]Read More
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