The liaison office will enable discussions with NATO's security partners, such as South Korea, Australia & New Zealand, with geopolitical challenges from China & Russia in mind, the report said.
Europe’s focus on equal & flexible partnerships for more comprehensive security mean EU has struck right opening notes to emerge as a global security provider.
There is a golden opportunity for PM Narendra Modi to travel to Russia and Ukraine with a proposal I have outlined here, which includes reverting to pre January 2022 positions.
The military alliance will welcome Finland as its 31st member in a flag-raising ceremony at NATO headquarters in Brussels, attended by Finnish President Niinisto and govt ministers.
In one of Russia's most pronounced nuclear signals since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine, Putin said on 26 March that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Talks between foreign ministers from NATO alliance will have ‘a heavy focus on Ukraine’ but will also touch on countering China in Indo-Pacific, a US official said.
‘Ukraine will win at the front ... we will not leave a single trace of Russia on our land,’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Ukrainian military has been planning a counteroffensive.
Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO last year but have faced objections from Turkey, which says the two countries harbour members of what it considers terrorist groups.
A recent report by SIPRI revealed that while India remains the largest importers of arms, Russia’s contribution to its imports declined between 2018-2022 and French exports increased.
At the meeting on Wednesday, the US President plans to reaffirm commitments over their security and discuss support for Ukraine before he returns to Washington.
Like China, India remains a big domestic market, which will continue to attract investment, but the US tariffs will make India unattractive for future investments.
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.
Speaking at tri-service seminar, Major General SP Vishwasrao also said farmers’ protest, anti-CAA agitation & situation in Manipur was part of ‘larger ploy’ to destabilise India.
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.
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