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US-Pakistan- India after Trump Administration0
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- June 23, 2017
Since the Donald Trump came to power, there are fewer policy clues but from his inauguration speech to anti-globalization, anti- internationalism broadly pointed at its nationalistic stance. In all probabilities, Trump’s priorities are inclined towards trade, immigration, terrorism, the Iran nuclear deal and relations with Israel. While the rest of foreign policy including geopolitics or
Five Things Modi Should Bring Up With Trump0
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- June 22, 2017
BloombergQuintOpinion Michael Kugelman @MichaelKugelman June 21, 2017, 9:21 am June 21, 2017, 3:30 am Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon be travelling to Washington D.C. for a visit with President of the United States Donald Trump. Since the two men will be meeting for the first time, a major focus of their exchange will
The Change in Saudi Arabia’s Royal Succession Portends Darker Times for the Region0
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- June 22, 2017
The Change in Saudi Arabia’s Royal Succession Portends Darker Times for the Region By Talmiz Ahmad on 21/06/2017 Mohammed bin Salman, 31, the prince behind Saudi Arabia’s disastrous war in Yemen and boycott of Qatar, has replaced 57-year-old Mohammed bin Naif as crown prince. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Credit: Reuters/Joshua Roberts The appointment of Prince Mohammed
NEED FOR DISCIPLINE IN INDIAN TELEVISION CHANNELS5
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- June 21, 2017
N.S.Venkataraman With the number of private TV channels in India increasing in various languages and most of them controlled and managed by business houses, there is now bitter competition between them to increase viewership and get advertisements. As a result, views are being publicized as news, and very impolite and vituperative language are being used
Urban India: PM Modi launches Kerala’s first metro line in Kochi!0
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- June 20, 2017
Dr. Abdul Ruff India, like most countries in the world, gives importance to urban development. Since independence, India’s villages have remained without much development as the state and federal governments focus on urban enrichment. This has been a disturbing trend in India in spite of the fact the many leaders belong to villages and with
The Gulf Crisis: Southeast Asia has seen it all before0
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- June 20, 2017
Semaan Khawam: Thawrat / Source Middle East Institute, NUS By James M. Dorsey Two competing visions of ensuring regime survival are battling it out in the Gulf. To Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the 2011 Arab popular revolts that toppled autocratic leaders in four countries and sparked the rise of Islamist forces
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Indian Politics: — Modi Returns!
by Nilofar Suhrawardy 25 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s stunning victory in Indian parliamentary elections marking return of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister have raised apprehensions of it spelling danger signals for Indian secularism as well as democracy. Undeniably, Modi’s term, from 2014 to present, has been marked by saffronization of certain institutions
Unforgettable Zia, As I Knew Him
By R Chowdhury 23 May 2019 Following my escape from Pakistan Army in 1971, I was posted to Z Force of Colonel Ziaur Rahman in the eastern theater of the Bangladesh liberation war. The nearly 20-day journey took me from Lahore to Khem Karan to Rajoke to Ferozepur to Delhi to Kolkata to Agartala and