Growing China’s Influence in Africa Context: In the past decade the world has seen Chinese investments in Africa across various sectors but for the first time China is involving in the security sector in Africa. This has raised apprehensions regarding the Chinese intentions in the […]
G7 Summit Context: The Group of Seven (G7) Summit will be held at Schloss Elmau, a century-old retreat in a Bavarian Alps nature preserve, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Germany for the event. About: Leading industrialised nations such as Canada, France, Germany, Italy, […]
Countering China Through IPEF Context: The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), launched in Tokyo on 23 May 2022, is being touted by the US as a mechanism to counter China’s regional economic influence. China has raised its apprehensions, calling the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework as an economic […]
Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament Context: Amidst the war between Ukraine and Russia, the status of non-nuclear weapon state of the state of Ukraine has come into relevance. Background: Apart from the borders of Belarus and Kazakhstan, Soviet nuclear weapons were present on Ukrainian territory after the […]
Northern Ireland Protocol Context: The Boris Johnson administration has come up with a new legislation, the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which would enable the U.K. to override provisions of the Brexit deal What is NIP? As the BREXIT came into force, the UK had to […]
Nuclear Disarmament Context: The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its yearbook a few days back highlighting some worrying trends of the past year in international security. Status Worldwide: Military spending as a proportion of GDP remained relatively steady between 2012 and 2021. […]
EU’s Ban on Russian Oil Context: As part of the sixth package of sanctions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union member states on May 30 reached an agreement to ban 90% of Russian crude oil imports by the end of the year. About: […]
FATF Context: Ahead of the plenary session of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global financial crime watchdog, from June 14 to 17 in Berlin, Pakistan which continues to face an economic crunch, is hoping for some respite in the form of its removal […]
Tensions in Taiwan Context: Beijing will “not hesitate to start a war” if Taiwan declares independence, China’s Defence Minister warned his U.S. counterpart on Friday, the latest salvo between the superpowers over the island. This incident comes during the time when recently, The President of […]
India’s Patent Regime Context: The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said in a report released last month that India was one of the most challenging major economies as far as IP protection and enforcement is concerned. It has decided to retain India on its Priority Watch […]