By Kalinga Seneviratne BANGKOK (IDN) — External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has emphasized that India is keenly interested in the countries to its East, spreading right across East Asia into the Pacific. Speaking at Thailand’s prestigious Chulalongkorn University on August 18, he explained “India’s Vision of the Indo-Pacific” and indirectly went on to distance itself […]
Achieving the Elusive Against the Odds: “A Middle East Nuclear (and WMD) Free Zone”
By Tariq Rauf NEW YORK (IDN) — Finally, at long last, the postponed 2020 Tenth Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference commenced its work at United Nations headquarters in New York on August 1, 2022. Under the able Presidency of Ambassador Gustavo Zlauvinen of Argentina, the review conference is expected to complete its work on August […]
“Misery Acquaints a Man with Strange Bedfellows”
Russia’s Complex Myanmar Embrace Viewpoint by Jan Servaes BRUSSELS (IDN) — Think tanks conduct interdisciplinary research to develop positions and recommendations on a wide range of domestic and international topics encompassing defence, economic development and social policy. Therefore, many think tanks advocate and lobby for policy changes at the local, national and international level. The […]
Gustavo Petro’s Election Promises a Major Change in Colombia
By Shastri Ramachandaran NEW DELHI (IDN) — The leftward shift in South America that gained momentum in 2021, with right-wing politicians being worsted in presidential elections in Peru, Chile and Honduras, continues its sweep in 2022. Colombia, famous for its coffee and the novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, has long remained under right-wing regimes that enjoyed […]
US Security Adviser’s Fake Take: Lie About Iranian Drones for Russia
By Shastri Ramachandaran NEW DELHI | WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) — US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s bluff about an Iran-Russia deal for “hundreds” of drones was nailed by none other than US National Security Agency (NASA) spokesperson John Kirby. On July 11, Sullivan claimed that Iran was preparing to sell hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles […]
Indelible Impact of the Bombing of Nagasaki
Viewpoint by Wada Masako Ms Wada Masako is Assistant Secretary-General of the Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo). Following are extensive extracts from the text of her presentation at the UN General Assembly on August 5 as part of the 2022 NPT Review Conference. NEW YORK (IDN) — I was a one- […]
The Irrevocable End of Russia-US Relations
Moscow says NYET to Washington’s “Rules-based Order” By Somar Wijayadasa* “After the present crisis in Ukraine, there can be no return to attempts at a rapprochement with the US and its allies”. – Alexey Drobinin NEW YORK (IDN) — Alexey Drobinin, Director of policy planning of Russia’s Foreign Ministry, has published a keynote article on […]
Nuclear Submarines and The Non-Proliferation Treaty: Brazil Gets a Jump on Australia?
By Tariq Rauf* VIENNA (IDN) — Originally scheduled for April-May 2020, due to postponements because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tenth Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) finally convened in these turbulent times at the United Nations in New York on 1 August and will conclude its deliberations on 26 August. NPT review […]
NPT Review Conference Urged to Seek “No First Use” of Nuclear Weapons
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — When academics, anti-nuclear peace activists and civil society organisations (CSOs) met at the United Nations earlier this month to discuss the growing threats of a nuclear war worldwide, one of the underlying themes was captured in the title: “Avoiding Nuclear War: What Short-Term Steps Can be Taken?” The […]
Russia and the EU Continue Transition to Wartime Economies
Viewpoint by John P. Ruehl This article was produced by Globetrotter. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to Strategic Policy and a contributor to several other foreign affairs publications. He is currently finishing a book on Russia to be published in 2022.