World must seek the path of peace
These times of an escalating environmental crisis are supposed to be times of increasing peace and international cooperation as without this it is impossible to resolve the life-threatening environmental problems.
These times of an escalating environmental crisis are supposed to be times of increasing peace and international cooperation as without this it is impossible to resolve the life-threatening environmental problems.
As voters head to polling booths in half of Karnataka’s 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the second phase of the general election today, the political landscape of the state stands as testament to the intricacies of caste dynamics and shifting alliances.
The recent Parliamentary elections in the Maldives have sent ripples across the Indian Ocean, signalling a potential recalibration of diplomatic ties in the region.
Humanity has come a long way in the choices it has made in electing those who are called to govern. Understandably, the systems of governance throughout the world are far from perfect.
Relations between Iran and Israel have been strained for decades, primarily due to geopolitical, ideological, and religious differences. Historically, Iran and Israel enjoyed relatively good relations prior to the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
He was brilliant but not at all Joyceian; his romanticism was always destined to end with tragedy. To me it is not surprising that he had to be killed in a duel by his wifes alleged lover at the extraordinarily early age of 37. Alexander Pushkin was a tragic hero even in death
Although Evergrande’s debt is large at RMB2 trillion (US$300 billion), its financial debts account for around a third of its total liabilities with a diversified creditor structure. The larger amount owed outside the banking sector is due to the peculiar funding structure of the Chinese real estate model.
The troubling question which rankles till today is why wasn’t anything done to prevent the tragedy? No country other than India really played any role to intervene to prevent the tragedy at any stage, although Soviet help to India in discharging this role should certainly be remembered. The United Nations also failed to safeguard human rights and democracy, and to prevent massacres.
First, do eight nuclear submarines by 2040 make serious military sense for Australian security? We can understand that a maritime power in the South Pacific with lots of coastal waters to patrol needs a strong navy. But as former Prime Minister Paul Keating rightly pointed out, China is a landbased power and, being over 3,220km away from Australia, does not present a military threat to the country.
Beijing has, in recent years, upgraded its strategic partnerships and expanded military exchanges and joint exercises with countries including Russia, Pakistan, and Iran. But, as Patricia M. Kim writing recently in Foreign Affairs points out, these partnerships are still a far cry from US alliances which involve mutual defence clauses, extensive troop-basing agreements, and joint military capabilities.
