Monday’s diplomatic spat at the United Nations highlighted growing transatlantic tensions after France criticised US for opposing a second term for UN human rights chief Volker Türk.
If UNSC cannot act on the gravest crises of the day because a single permanent member shields itself or an ally, it forfeits its claim to be the guardian of international peace.
US aims to deploy first ISF contingents by January 2026, envisioning a peace enforcement mission—rather than a peacekeeping presence—with a total troop size of approximately 20,000.
What was UN’s 1st mission? Which country contributes largest number of troops? On International Day of Peace, take this quiz by ThePrint to test your knowledge of UN peacekeeping.
As Modi’s podcast remarks reshape India-China ties, global media highlights stalled manufacturing goals, weak administrative efficiency, and economic hurdles in India’s PLI scheme.
Area between Litani river in south Lebanon & Blue Line—withdrawal line of Israeli forces from country in 2000—mandated by UNSC as buffer zone. But Hezbollah continues to operate there.
Russia abstained from the vote, while the remaining 14 council members voted in favour. The US finalized its text Sunday after six days of negotiations among the council.
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is, BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
France leans far too the left and play into the hands of the Islamists and communists.
The UN Humn RIghts COmmission has become a joke of late – it’s diatribes against genuine secular democracies like Israel and USA are routine. While it says next to nothing to authoritarian regimes like China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc.
The UNHRC routinely lambasts IDF but does not say a word on Hamas/PLO/Hezbollah.
France leans far too the left and play into the hands of the Islamists and communists.
The UN Humn RIghts COmmission has become a joke of late – it’s diatribes against genuine secular democracies like Israel and USA are routine. While it says next to nothing to authoritarian regimes like China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc.
The UNHRC routinely lambasts IDF but does not say a word on Hamas/PLO/Hezbollah.