The tenets of the US Air – Sea Battle concept against China’s military adventure in the IPR is premised on the capacity of a militarily empowered ally to limit the initial ingress and set the stage for the US intervention forces to join the fray.
The Ministry for Innovative Development of Uzbekistan in cooperation with Embassy of Uzbekistan in India
Indians and Armenians were known to each other since at least the 4th century BC. In 149 BC two Indian princes migrated from Kanauj to Armenia where they set up a Hindu settlement
Almost 600,000 children, mostly under the age of five, risk death through malnutrition in Afghanistan
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif proposes connecting Pakistan’s Gwadar port to its “complementary” port Chabahar in southeastern Iran, during his visit to Islamabad
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The SCO members commit to jointly oppose any form of unilateralism and trade protectionism; all but India endorse China’s Belt and Road Initiative
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With BJP winning 303 seats and NDA picking up 350 of total 542 seats, it is the first back-to-back majority for a single party since 1984
Iraq needs support to leave violent past behind amidst constant ISIS threat
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UNSMIL Chief war that unless fighting around the capital Tripoli stops, Libya risks ‘descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country’.
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ISIS’s reclusive leader has taken a rare risk at an unusual moment: in 2019 the “Caliphate” is gone and Baghdadi has to move around clandestinely in a hostile environment patrolled by the most powerful military in the world. It remains to be seen if the frequency of Baghdadi’s media appearances will change significantly in the future.
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