BCIM-EC: Foundation, Prospects and Deadlocks
Despite vast scope of developmental opportunities for all the member countries, in last one decade and more, the interest of its big members has declined. ...
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Nicholas Burns for China Envoy: Is Biden Sending Wrong Signals to Beijing?
Recently witnessed smart US-China “climate diplomacy” during Washington-sponsored Earth Summit, the US watchers in the People’s Republic are further irked by weird signals Biden is sending in picking Nicholas Burns as the next China envoy. ...
‘Act East through Northeast’ policy holds the key to India’s Approach towards Myanmar
Myanmar is also a crucial partner to India in dealing with insurgency in Northeast. It is important for India to have good relations with Myanmar, whether it is under military junta’s rule or under a democratic form of government. ...
No-show in Alaska: Diplomatic or Translation Failure?
Blaming America’s diplomatic gaffe and American substandard translation for the dashing of hopes in Alaska that exposed the growing rift between the two powers, the news platform expressed disappointment over the outcome and evaluated Biden administration as “insincere.” ...
Artificial Intelligence and Warfare: Ethics, not Efficiency the Key Question
An urgent international effort involving all stakeholders from governments to private corporations specializing in AI is needed to mitigate a dystopian future in which machines can decide to kill humans. ...
Social and Legal aspects of SCs/STs Reservation in India
The SCs and the STs are grossly under-represented in the upper echelons of government - as indeed they are in upper management elsewhere and every effort must be made to undo this injustice brought about by centuries old practices of social discrimination. ...
The US-Indo Pacific Shift: Opportunities for Pakistan
Pakistan's economic and internal situation does not afford it the option to involve itself in the situation developing in the grouping growing in the Indo-Pacific, hence it must seek to leverage itself wherever possible to reap maximum geo-economic dividends, i.e., developing economic connectivity and forging developmental partnerships in the region ...
Has the UN Resisted the Rumblings of 21st Century World Politics?
Reforms in the processes are what is being asked for to make sure that UN has a long life. UN has been able to resist the rumblings and even make a country recognized its significance. ...
Two Sessions: Hundreds of Chinese Women Demand End to Gender Discrimination
The CPC “aggressively perpetuates gender norms and reduces women to their roles as dutiful wives, mothers and baby breeders in the home, in order to minimize social unrest and give birth to future generations of skilled workers ...
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The United States Policy towards China: Challenge, Compete, Cooperate
Cooperating with other nations to track the spread of a virus, engage in multinational efforts to develop vaccines, and to learn the efficacy of preventive measures from each other are the most likely trends of the future. ...