China’s economic recovery quickens as consumption returns
Policymakers globally are pinning their hopes on a robust recovery in China to help restart demand as economies struggle with heavy lockdowns and a second wave of coronavirus infections.
In Depth
Why Russia Is Biding Its Time on Nagorno-Karabakh
Russia may have reasons to help its ally Armenia, but it has no reason at all to punish Azerbaijan, which has been an example of model behavior among the former Soviet states, as far as Russia is concerned.
Infrastructure key to Defence strength
Border roads, railway, and communication infrastructure that is crucial for not just war fighting but keeping loyal border populations rewarded for their unflinching loyalty to the nation, requires a very serious strategic rethink.
Who is Kuwait’s new Crown Prince?
Sheikh Meshal, 80, has been deputy chief of the National Guard since 2004 and was head of State Security for 13 years after joining the interior ministry in the 1960s.
Conflict in the Caucases: why India should be watching closely
India needs to watch the the use of foreign recruits in the conflict very carefully, battling as it is its own war against cross-border terror.
French President Macron says Islam ‘in crisis’, unveils anti-radicalism plan
“Secularism is the cement of a united France,” he insisted, but added that there was no sense in stigmatising all Muslim believers.
Illicit capital robbing Africa and its people of their future: UN trade and development chief
Every year an estimated 88.6 billion, which is equivalent to 3.7% of Africa’s GDP, leaves the continent in the form of illicit capital.
Turkey: Caucasian priorities within and beyond the UN
By Markedenov Sergei At the end of September politicians, experts and journalists have been discussing
Nobel laureate Nadia Murad denounces lack of will to end sexual violence as a war tactic
Perhaps nowhere is the international unwillingness to engage more stark, than in the experience of the Yazidis, she said, most of whom live in northern Iraq and who in 2014 became victims of genocide by ISIL/Da’esh terrorists, in the group’s pernicious campaign to wipe out non-Islamic influence.
12 factors driving Indian Americans towards Trump: Survey
“It is mostly about the Trump-Modi factor,” the survey said, adding that Indian Americans increasingly believe that the teamwork of Trump and Modi over the next four years will successfully checkmate China at the world stage