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India Blocks ByteDance Bank Accounts For ‘Tax Evasion’

Team StratNews March 31, 2021

Indian authorities have blocked bank accounts of the Chinese firm ByteDance for alleged tax evasion. The company has gone to court to get the freeze lifted, pleading that its operations will be hard hit. The accounts were in Citibank and HSBC and both banks have been told not to allow ByteDance to withdraw funds from […]Read More

Alaska Spat: U.S.-China, Indo-Pacific, India, Russia

Alaska Spat: U.S.-China, Indo-Pacific, India, Russia

Team StratNews March 19, 2021

New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’, Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan’s Former Envoy to the U.S., the UN, and the WTO and Rear Admiral (Retd) James Goldrick, Strategic Maritime Expert, Visiting Fellow at the Australian Sea Power Centre and Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in conversation with StratNews […]Read More

‘Fighting In Tigray Has Died Down, The Pandemic Is Under Control’

‘Fighting In Tigray Has Died Down, The Pandemic Is Under

Team StratNews March 18, 2021

NEW DELHI: Much of the news about Ethiopia these days has centered around the fighting in Tigray province between local militias and the federal forces, and the flood of refugees into neighbouring Sudan.  Although large scale fighting appears to have eased, small incidents continue with attacks reported on federal forces. In this exclusive conversation with […]Read More

As Biden Gets Going On Quad, Will Other Partners Play Along?

As Biden Gets Going On Quad, Will Other Partners Play

Surya Gangadharan March 12, 2021

NEW DELHI: So many years after it was founded (2007), the Quadrilateral Security Initiative or Quad could be laying a crucial milestone on Friday when the four heads of government representing its members (Australia, Japan, India and the U.S.) gather for a virtual summit. That it is taking place less than two months after Joe […]Read More

Air India First Rate Asset But Its Privatisation Is A Good Thing: Hardeep Singh Puri

Air India First Rate Asset But Its Privatisation Is A

Team StratNews March 11, 2021

NEW DELHI: The national carrier has brought back over 2.5 million people of Indian origin to the country so far, as part of the Vande Bharat mission. Private carriers too have pitched in, says Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, Puri defended attempts to privatise Air India, […]Read More

U.S. Will Build On Quad, Work With Partners To Constrain China: Analyst Ralph Cossa

U.S. Will Build On Quad, Work With Partners To Constrain

Amitabh P. Revi February 5, 2021

NEW DELHI: “The U.S. will continue to build on the Quad which links us to Japan, Australia and India to constrain China,” Ralph A. Cossa, President Emeritus, Pacific Forum in Honolulu, Hawaii says on President Joe Biden’s first foreign policy speech. At the State Department, Biden signalled aggressive approaches to China and Russia, declaring, “We’ll […]Read More

Military Seizes Power In Myanmar; Uphold Rule Of Law, Says India

Military Seizes Power In Myanmar; Uphold Rule Of Law, Says

Team StratNews February 1, 2021

NEW DELHI: The world’s worst fears about the intentions of the Myanmar military have come true. Last week after hinting at a coup and then backing off, the army, early this morning declared a one year state of emergency, arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and senior officials, and installed a retired general as acting president. […]Read More

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