US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday on Pakistan to seek debt relief from its close partner China as floods devastate the South Asian country. Blinken urges Pakistan to seek China debt relief after floods. Blinken promised strong US support for Pakistan as it dries out from the floods, which have submerged one-third of […]
Cold War
Has a ‘New Cold War’ between America and China begun?
The past week has been extremely eventful. At least two events have occurred that, going forward, are likely to have era-defining importance. The first of these is a summit of the G-7 that took place over last weekend at Cornwall in England. At the “Cornwall Summit”, leaders of the G-7, with the American president, Mr. […]
Spring time in Moscow
Moscow: Given the chilly if not frozen relations between America and Russia these days, the annual Moscow International Security Conference (MISC) is a good place to take stock of where, how or if a thaw is even remotely possible. With the decisions to withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF); New START in jeopardy; […]
India signs $3 bn submarine deal with Russia: reports
Russia remains a major supplier of arms to India and in October leaders Modi and Putin met to sign a deal over Russia’s missile defence system for $5.2 billion India has signed a $3 billion deal to lease a third Russian nuclear-powered submarine for 10 years, giving Delhi a boost in the Indian Ocean against […]
Warm words from North Korea on Cold War frontier
On the world’s last Cold War frontier, where troops have long faced off at the truce village that divides the two Koreas, propaganda broadcasts have fallen silent and soldiers from the North are hopeful a historic summit will herald a new era for their country. The blue huts of Panmunjom are emblematic of the truce […]