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US woos estranged NATO ally Turkey

11:27 26.04.2024

US woos estranged NATO ally Turkey

Washington has dusted up its old toolbox to re-engage its cold-war ally Turkey and resuscitate their moribund alliance to serve the US’ geo-strategic interests in the rapidly changing regional environment. This stems out of a realisation that no matter the demonisation of President Recep Erdogan as an outlier, Turkey’s potentials …

View from Washington: The Kremlin reshapes global commerce dodging Western sanctions

11:26 26.04.2024

View from Washington: The Kremlin reshapes global commerce dodging Western sanctions

Russia announced this week that its bilateral trade with China has almost completely moved away from using the U.S. dollar, highlighting the two countries’ commitment to reducing their reliance on the U.S.-led economic system, ‘The Responsible Statecraft’ stresses. Aside from reducing dependency on the Western-dominated global currency, these ‘de-dollarization’ efforts …

View from Delhi: US doubles down, Russia is cool

11:41 25.04.2024

View from Delhi: US doubles down, Russia is cool

The Biden Administration has met with success, finally, in the US Congress on the long-stalled Ukraine aid bill. The aid approved by the House on Saturday would send $60.8 billion to Ukraine, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. To be sure, the US is doubling down to …

Global military spending reached an all-time high last year at $2.4 trillion

11:39 25.04.2024

Global military spending reached an all-time high last year at $2.4 trillion

The US was by far the largest military spender at $916 billion in 2023, up 2.3 percent compared to the previous year. New research published Monday shows that global military spending increased in 2023 for the ninth consecutive year, surging to $2.4 trillion pushed war-related outlays to an all-time high. …

Russian brands eye opportunities in China

11:39 25.04.2024

Russian brands eye opportunities in China

China's two-way trade with Russia reached a record value of $240 billion, while Russia’s export trade value with Asia rose significantly in 2023. "Actually, we have seen the trend of Russian brands entering the Asian market since 2014," said Vadim Tylik, CEO of RMAA, a cross-border marketing agency that connects …

At Columbia University these is “an unprecedented act of solidarity” with Gaza that student organizers are modeling on antiwar protests in 1968

11:38 25.04.2024

At Columbia University these is “an unprecedented act of solidarity” with Gaza that student organizers are modeling on antiwar protests in 1968

Columbia University canceled in-person classes Monday as campus protests over the war in Gaza enter a sixth day. The protests have swelled after the school administration called in the police to clear a student encampment last week, resulting in over 100 arrests. Solidarity protests and encampments have now sprouted up …

View from Washington: What Russia sanctions failure says about the future?

11:43 24.04.2024

View from Washington: What Russia sanctions failure says about the future?

As Russian forces poured into Ukraine, the Biden administration wasted no time corralling U.S. allies behind the largest and most ambitious sanctions regime in history. But! How did Russia, which, as often observed in Western commentary, has a smaller GDP than several individual EU states as well as both Texas …

Bloomberg: The second Cold war is escalating faster than the first

11:41 24.04.2024

Bloomberg: The second Cold war is escalating faster than the first

Speaker Mike Johnson pressed ahead with a bill that would restore US aid to Ukraine. “We are going to stand for freedom and make sure that Vladimir Putin doesn’t march through Europe,” Johnson declared. “We have to project to Putin, Xi, and Iran, and North Korea, and anybody else that …

View from Delhi: Israel is in critical need of new thinking

11:40 24.04.2024

View from Delhi: Israel is in critical need of new thinking

The United States’ diplomatic initiative to issue a joint statement condemning Iran on its “Attack on the State of Israel” has ended in fiasco, as there were hardly any takers for it from outside of the western bloc of nations, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. This …

London press: British army is still 'formidable'?

11:36 24.04.2024

London press: British army is still 'formidable'?

Rishi Sunak committed to spending 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030 as he holds talks with NATO allies. The PM made the pledge to boost defence spending by an extra £75billion as he visited Warsaw. He warned that the world is the 'most volatile' for years and …

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