Situation update
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Australia’s tricky China problem
"China is angry. If you make China the enemy, China will be the enemy." This was the message recently conveyed by a Chinese government official on…
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India and Blue Economy in the Bay of Bengal
India’s effort to harness Blue Economy received a boost with the establishment of the International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean). The Centre will operate under…
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Donald Trump: how COVID-19 killed his hope of re-election
When Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 on October 2 and was hospitalised a day later it was widely assumed this would put a major crimp…
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What is behind India’s ‘love jihad’ legislation?
This proposed legislation could not only marginalise further Muslims but also undermine women’s agency and rights. India is a triumph of the imagination: innumerable cultures, languages,…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 01 December, 2020
Analysis
Biden’s Modest Multilateralism
US President Donald Trump has made international cooperation almost impossible over the last four years. Although President-elect Joe Biden is unlikely to embrace multilateralism as wholeheartedly…
Analysis
Systematic collapse of the world’s largest democracy
Lack of transparency on such issues as voting machine software has cast doubt on the reliability of election results in Indian states Josef Stalin has been…
Analysis
COVID has turned breathing into a deadly event and all of us into potential serial killers
If I hold my breath when I hug my parents, will that spare me the Greek tragedy of killing them? This mental toll will last long…
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US withdrawal likely to boost Iran’s project to control Afghanistan
During President Donald Trump’s remaining months in office, it is expected that US troops will withdraw from Afghanistan ahead of schedule. As a result, several questions…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 30 November, 2020
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Pandemic, ‘Great Reset’ and resistance
The billionaire class led by the WEF has a plan for the post-pandemic world order, but the needs of ordinary people are very different According to…