UK and Turkey sign multi-billion-pound air defence deal
Defence Secretary John Healey and Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler signed the agreement in London
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Swiss conference on Ukraine calls for respecting it’s territorial integrity; India amongst key non-signatories
By IAR Desk New Delhi: June 17, 2024: Participants at the Swiss conference, which was
Divided US on Ukrainian airstrikes on Russia
What is the U.S. position on the determination of the Ukrainian political and military leadership to expand the scope of hostilities to Russian territory and territory controlled by the Russian authorities since 2014?
Uzbekistan’s position on war in Ukraine: cautiousness and consistency
Uzbekistan voted against a UN General Assembly resolution to remove Russia from the UN Human Rights Council recently in what is a definitive pro-Russia m9ve. However, it’s position 9n Russia’s war 8n Ukraine has been 9ne 9f cautiousness and consistency, argues Farkhod Tolipov
Biden talks down Russia, spurs allies in bid to back Putin into a corner
President Joe Biden on his first foreign foray sought to cast Russia not as a direct competitor to the United States but as a bit player in world where Washington is increasingly pre-occupied by China.
Biden, Putin hold ‘great power’ summit
The leaders agree to return their Ambassadors to their posts in an attempt to lower tensions.
America may be ‘back’ at G7, but allies’ doubts about U.S. democracy linger
In 2017 the president of the United States shocked Washington’s Western allies during his first European trip, scolding them for failing to pay their “fair share” on defense, physically shoving aside one prime minister, and white-knuckling another leader in a public handshake.
World military spending almost $2 trillion in 2020: SIPRI
Total global military expenditure rose to $1981 billion last year, an increase of 2.6 per cent in real terms from 2019
Afghan peace summit to convene in Turkey this month
The UN together with Turkey, and Qatar, announced that a high-level conference aimed at ending decades of conflict in Afghanistan will go ahead beginning on 24 April, bringing together representatives of both the Afghan Government and the Taliban.
U.S., Iran and inertia, an axis to dampen France’s Lebanese dreams
French President Emmanuel Macron has been spearheading international efforts to rescue Lebanon, a former French protectorate from its deepest crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.