Wanted! Real Action for Media Freedom in Europe
In a statement issued ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić urged European governments...
SADC Counts on EU and US for Security Funding in Mozambique
The 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) is counting funding from the United States and European Union (EU) to support its proposed military deployment...
Privileged, Passing, or Persecuted? The Curious Concept of Race in America
On a small and desolate western Virginia road, an unsuspecting driver will come upon a lonely and extremely aged bronze plaque. Commemorating a long...
EU’s New Indo-Pacific Strategy: India’s Loss, Europe’s Gain
The European Union has shown its keenness to play an active role in the Indo-Pacific with a draft policy document of its strategy on...
Reconciliation among the Gulf States: New concern for the US & others?
It was 5th June of 2017, when Saudi Arabia, declared a ban on Qatar and its registered planes, ships and naval facilities from using...
The traditional independence and balance of North Korea
Years ago, while talking with Kim Il-Sung about Mediterranean issues, he told me about an episode concerning a country geographically very close to Italy,...
Romney’s Folly: The American Olympic Boycott Disaster
In March this year, United States senator and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney published an opinion piece in the New York Times calling for a particular boycott of...
International Community may proactively outreach to save human lives in India
Indian Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 am on 27 April 2021 (Tuesday) reported: The death toll mounted to 1,97,894 with 2,771 new...
Does ASEAN still play an important role?
The five Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) founders sought regional harmony in several dimensions, including economy, collaboration, prosperity, socio-cultural development, security concerns, and...
Middle Power Conundrum: The Case of a Rising Vietnam
The Indo-Pacific is a dynamic concept that has come into the picture of great power politics. In the last two decades, an Indo-Pacific identity...