Monday, 17 May 2021

Foreign Policy News

Foreign Policy News


Coup talk and echoes of a banana republic

Posted: 16 May 2021 07:18 PM PDT

By Azu Ishiekwene These days, it seems all right to play with fire. The blaze started like a solitary spark in Mali in August when the streets, the elite and jihadists banded to remove President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The former president had discarded election results and written a version that tightened his grip on power. …

Troubles with Iran nuclear deal

Posted: 16 May 2021 07:02 PM PDT

It was the Americans who helped the long-ago-deposed Shah of Iran start Iran's nuclear power research. He wanted a bomb. The Americans seemed insouciant about where this might lead. After the revolution the research was bequeathed from the wrong pair of hands to another wrong pair of hands- the revolutionaries who overthrew the Shah in …

How Narendra Modi conquered coronavirus

Posted: 16 May 2021 06:43 PM PDT

Much like George W. Bush once prematurely declared victory in Iraq, our Prime Minister started taking victory laps in mid-February this year when he proclaimed that "…the whole world was worried about India’s situation. But today India’s fight against corona (coronavirus) is inspiring the entire world…" No matter that the World Health Organization, our medical fraternity, immunologists …

How COVID multiplies immigration challenges

Posted: 16 May 2021 06:20 PM PDT

The challenges and headaches of a pandemic-stricken economy have been much discussed since the coronavirus made its way across the world. However, for immigrants, the pandemic has presented a unique set of complications that multiplies challenges of navigating healthcare, travel, and a host of other resources. The undocumented and homeless population in the D.C. area …

Restoration, reconstruction, reconciliation and reintegration

Posted: 16 May 2021 06:07 AM PDT

Dr. Esmira Jafarova For three decades, Azerbaijan kept appealing to the international community about the problem of the occupation of its territories by neighboring Armenia. For nearly thirty years after the independence of these post-Soviet republics, Armenia kept about twenty percent of Azerbaijani territories under its occupation. These included the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven adjacent …

America can defeat poverty

Posted: 14 May 2021 06:17 PM PDT

Adam Smith who in 1776 wrote "The Wealth of Nations", the Bible of capitalism, which has become the standard economics text for over two centuries, was quick to single out monopolistic tendencies as the most important tool in undermining the virtues of capitalism. It kept the poor poor. The laws that give these capitalist their …

Slovenia: President Borut Pahor strengthens ties with Albania

Posted: 13 May 2021 06:12 PM PDT

On March 4-5, 2019, upon the invitation of the President of the Republic of Albania, Ilir Meta, the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, conducted an official visit to Albania; to strengthen the bilateral economic dialogue. Slovenia, as a member of the European Union is the most prosperous economy in South – East …

Kashmir issue is screeching for the global media campaign

Posted: 11 May 2021 06:39 PM PDT

Dr. Imtiaz Khan Currently there is lot of ongoing talk about backdoor negotiations between  India and Pakistan apparently facilitated by a middle eastern country, UAE. There is more than what meets the eye, as a miniscule nation like UAE has a limited clout to persuade the two nuclear powers to participate in a peaceful dialogue. …

Nord Stream 2: To gain or to refrain? Why Germany refuses to bend under sanctions pressure

Posted: 10 May 2021 06:36 PM PDT

By Ivanka Lima The chances of the sanctions war around Nord Stream 2 to rage on after the construction of the pipeline is finally over seem to be high. That said, we have to admit, with regret or with joy, that it will be completed, and for the following reasons: Germany, like any other European …

Big power politics & the Muslim world

Posted: 10 May 2021 06:32 PM PDT

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai First of all, let me clarify that not all Muslims rebel, but some do. Not all rebellions are about self-determination, but some are. Civilization and international peace and security will pay a steep price if the only answer to Muslim discontent is bloody fists, not democratic openings. A survey past …

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