The BRI juggernaut aims to incorporate China into a variety of zones of influence along its borders and in emerging countries. Beijing participates in debt-trap diplomacy, similar to China’s state capitalism, in which the Communist Party of China provides enterprises with cheap equity and debt. ...
Women are marching out in the streets yelling that ‘wearing burqa or hijab is their choice’ and a state has the prime responsibility to respect that choice. ...
A conglomeration of like-minded countries is the need of an hour to propose policy alternatives to approach North Korea. A progressive approach towards peace and disarmament is much needed to curtail the North’s occupation. ...
This slow and gradual damage to Colombo is a matter of grave concern, and other countries caught in this vicious cycle of loans must learn lessons from the Sri Lankan experience. ...
If the situation persists and the United Nations fails to take a judgment call, the cascading effect of this would be catastrophic. It would end up imposing considerable strain on third world countries and no singular organization could solve the matter then. ...
The new government of Afghanistan focused on securing continued assistance for rebuilding the economy, infrastructure and military set-up of the country and, in line, it maintained close ties and understanding with India, North America, European Union, South Korea, Japan, Australia, China, Russia and the Middle East. ...
The increase in defence spending by Germany would achieve two objectives, first, it will contribute to European Security and second, it will reduce the burden on the United States, which would want to turn its focus on Indo-Pacific to counter increasingly assertive China. ...
Central Bank’s independence should be maintained and depoliticized by enacting the promised Central Bank Act that has been drafted in the parliament earlier and Government should focus on strengthening governance and reducing corruption vulnerabilities. ...
No country will be able to fully rescue Sri Lanka but if Sri Lanka wants IMF to come forward and rescue her then she has to compromise with its financial sovereignty. ...
Decoding the India and US’s ‘2+2’ Dialogue
The 2+2 dialogue has genuinely created a ‘level playing field’ for India to be vocal about her own national interests and have a dialogue with one of the world’s great powers. ...