This move by the Biden administration has given direct support to the proposal India and South Africa pioneered at the WTO, backing a waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. By Sachin Chaturvedi As per the prevailing expectations, President Biden and his administration has taken a decision that would go down in history as
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It’s time to shun sentimentality and revert back to the old template of working with the governments in Kabul, regardless of ideology – anyway the hallmark of India’s Afghan diplomacy. by Amb P. Stobdan A dramatic change in Afghanistan is on the horizon. As the Americans failed to foresee the endgame, they are escaping from
Peace has no alternative when uncertainty is the only viable outcome even under the worst circumstances. (Reuters image) By Amb Anil Trigunayat The problem in the Gulf has been the contestation for religious and geo-political influence between the two major powers – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Islamic Republic of Iran. More so since 1969
Successive Afghan governments have shown an affinity for India in sharp contrast to their orientation towards Pakistan. By Maj Gen Neeraj Bali (Retd) When Joe Biden became the President, he inherited a looming US withdrawal from Afghanistan to signal the end of the 20-year war that consumed 2400 American lives without showing a clear win
Most of the more than five million Venezuelans who have had to leave their country, pass or have tried to stay in Colombia where a pendular migration is also directed. (Image: UNHCR/Vincent Tremeau) By Socorro Ramirez The border line between Colombia and Venezuela stretches 2,219 kilometers. There, the two states have built seven formal crossings