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Unrest In Inner Mongolia: Why China has ramped up its efforts to assimilate ethnic minority areas
December 4, 2020, 2:37 PM IST
Tensions between the majority Han community and ethnic minorities in China are nothing new. In fact, integrating China’s ethnic minorities into the mainstream is an endeavour of the Chinese Communist Party that continues till this…
December 4, 2020, 2:37 PM IST
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Trumpism Ploy: The real reason why Trump is refusing to concede
November 30, 2020, 2:54 PM IST
It is amazing how outgoing US President Donald Trump continues to refuse to accept his loss in the recent US presidential poll. Joe Biden won the election comprehensively, picking up 306 to Trump’s 232 electoral…
November 30, 2020, 2:54 PM IST
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Netanyahu’s Secret Saudi Trip: How Israel is replacing oil as the Gulf Arab states’ main bait to keep the US on their side
November 27, 2020, 8:17 PM IST
Reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited Saudi Arabia recently for talks once again highlights the dramatic changes underway in the Middle East. Although the Saudis have vehemently denied that such a meeting…
November 27, 2020, 8:17 PM IST
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Focus Asean: Vietnam’s chairmanship of the grouping has brought about important understanding around South China Sea
November 25, 2020, 2:10 PM IST
Earlier this month, the 37th Asean Summit, the 17th India-Asean Summit and the 15th East Asia Summit held much significance for the evolving Indo-Pacific construct. The summits, held under the chairmanship of Vietnam, not only…
November 25, 2020, 2:10 PM IST
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Finding Taiwan’s Sweet Spot: How protests against US pork imports highlight Taipei’s strategic predicament
November 24, 2020, 2:14 AM IST
This Sunday tens of thousands people gathered in Taiwan’s capital Taipei to take part in the annual Autumn Struggle protest march by labour groups. And this year the focus was on rejecting the Taiwanese government’s…
November 24, 2020, 2:14 AM IST
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Echoes Of Past: How US’s complaints about China today mirror those it had about Japan in the 1980s
November 21, 2020, 1:36 AM IST
The latest report by the US state department on China has taken a grave view of the communist state and its long-term goals. The report states that the Chinese Communist Party aims to revise the…
November 21, 2020, 1:36 AM IST
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Need Collectivist Ethos: Successes of East Asian nations in managing Covid show up negatives of India’s vote bank politics
November 19, 2020, 2:33 AM IST
There is general consensus that East Asian nations have done much better than the rest of the world in managing the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite Covid first being reported in China, as of today it has…
November 19, 2020, 2:33 AM IST
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Think Big: Time to bury Moroccan Sahara dispute and facilitate rapid development of entire North African region
November 14, 2020, 9:07 PM IST
Recently, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2548 renewing the mandate of the peacekeeping mission MINURSO in the Moroccan Sahara. It will be recalled that the Moroccan Sahara issue is a leftover baggage of history…
November 14, 2020, 9:07 PM IST
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Last Wake Up Call: Congress is the big loser in recent round of polls
November 11, 2020, 6:19 PM IST
The big loser from the Bihar assembly polls and the clutch of bypolls across 11 states is indeed Congress. The party was clearly a drag on the Mahagathbandhan, winning just 19 of the 70 seats…
November 11, 2020, 6:19 PM IST
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Undo Injustice: Biden must return US to Iran nuclear deal
November 10, 2020, 1:42 AM IST
One of the first things that US president-elect Joe Biden should do when he formally takes over at the White House is reverse America’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Outgoing President…
November 10, 2020, 1:42 AM IST
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Biden Wins: He must now prepare Americans for a new US role in the world
November 8, 2020, 4:12 PM IST
It’s finally done. Joe Biden is going to be the next US President notwithstanding legal challenges to the vote count by Donald Trump. In an election that saw record turnout, Biden and running mate Kamala…
November 8, 2020, 4:12 PM IST
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America Broken: Trump has completely undermined US democracy, there’s no going back
November 6, 2020, 2:28 AM IST
At the time of writing this, Joe Biden is inching closer to becoming the next US president even as incumbent Donald Trump still has a narrow path to securing a second term. But no matter…
November 6, 2020, 2:28 AM IST
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India-Morocco Defence MoU: Ties can be elevated further through an Indian consulate in the Moroccan Sahara
November 2, 2020, 10:06 PM IST
In a significant development, India and Morocco plan to sign an MoU on defence cooperation to elevate their bilateral ties to the next level. This comes after the recent virtual meeting between foreign minister S…
November 2, 2020, 10:06 PM IST
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Japan’s PM Signals Intent: Suga’s visit to Vietnam is good preparation for the future
November 1, 2020, 1:08 AM IST
Recently, new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga embarked on his first overseas trip as premier to Vietnam. The choice of his first foreign destination certainly reflected a desire to continue with the free and open…
November 1, 2020, 1:08 AM IST
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Change Tack: Time to realign media priorities in the face of Covid crisis
October 28, 2020, 1:10 AM IST
There is no denying that the Indian media has never faced a crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, this is the first time that a catastrophe of this nature has hit India after the…
October 28, 2020, 1:10 AM IST
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Reading China: Behind Xi Jinping’s call to Chinese troops to be “absolutely loyal”
October 16, 2020, 8:24 PM IST
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent remarks to Chinese troops at a military base in Guangdong Province to “put their minds and energy on preparing for war” and calling on them to be “absolutely loyal, absolutely…
October 16, 2020, 8:24 PM IST
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Born Of Clay: Nadal wins 13th French Open title in an already glorious career
October 13, 2020, 4:27 PM IST
In yet another amazing performance, Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal stormed through the French Open final this Sunday to win an incredible 13th Grand Slam title on the Parisian clay. If this weren’t enough, Nadal’s…
October 13, 2020, 4:27 PM IST
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Women In Science: The world needs many more Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna
October 11, 2020, 12:57 AM IST
Earlier this week, the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to French microbiologist, geneticist, and biochemist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American biochemist Jennifer A Doudna for their work on the development of CRISPR-Cas9, a cutting-edge…
October 11, 2020, 12:57 AM IST
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Connecting India And Vietnam: Vovinam can leave a big impression on the Indian mindscape
October 9, 2020, 7:08 PM IST
It was four years ago that India and Vietnam decided to elevate their ties to the level of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. This was based on a confluence of interests as per India’s Act East policy…
October 9, 2020, 7:08 PM IST
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Progressive Parenthood: Paid paternity leave fulfils the trifecta of women’s empowerment, better childcare and better societies
September 30, 2020, 1:09 AM IST
Swiss voters on Sunday voted to adopt a law mandating paternity leave, making it the last nation in western Europe to do so. Up till now, men in Switzerland had been allowed just one day…
September 30, 2020, 1:09 AM IST
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