PARIS PULLOUT IS A STRATEGIC GIFT TO CHINA
Trump has managed to turn “America First into America Isolated”, said The New York Times. His pull out of the Paris climate accord creates a vacuum of global leadership and is “the greatest strategic gift to the Chinese”.
US PULLOUT OF PARIS DEAL MAY NOT BE SO BAD
If the U.S. pulls out of the Paris climate deal, many fear that it will have a domino effect, but a small group of experts has begun to argue that a withdrawal may actually be for the best.
TRUMP HAS A PR PROBLEM.
Donald Trump’s communication director Michael Dubke has quit and many anticipate a broader shake-up of his staff in the coming...
THE MANCHESTER ATTACK BRINGS FOCUS ON LIBYA
After the Manchester bomb attack, security analysts are beginning to talk about how Libya's collapse after the fall of Gaddafi has allowed radicalisation to become entrenched.
TRUMP CAN IMPERIL INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH ISRAEL
Can Trump screw up the world’s best intelligence relationship? That is between Israel and the U.S. The intelligence chiefs in Israel are up in arms.
After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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