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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, left, prior to their talks in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. The two leaders are in New York for the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
Tension between Greece and Turkey

New tensions between Greece and Turkey in the South Aegean. The Greek navy is on the alert for a Turkish energy exploration mission off the coast of Kastellorizo: the challenge for gas in the Eastern Mediterranean has started again.

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Deterrence in the Pacific

The China Sea is the “Asian Mediterranean”, but even better is the sea that Beijing considers as a “dry dock” for its ambitions as a global power.

Geneva, Switzerland - August 14, 2016: The World Trade Organization entrance and building in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Trade Organization also called WTO is an intergovernmental organization which regulates international trade
India’s ban on Chinese apps complicates WTO regulations

“India’s measure selectively and discriminatorily aims at certain Chinese apps on ambiguous and far-fetched grounds, runs against fair and transparent procedure requirements, abuses national security exceptions and (is suspected of) violating WTO rules,” Ji Rong, spokesman at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, said in a statement.

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The Chinese economic recovery

China was the first country to be affected by the Coronavirus, consequently the first to suffer serious economic repercussions. However, its economic recovery appears to be more than satisfactory.

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The Land of the Dragon: Bhutan

The ‘land of the dragon’, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a tiny and remote kingdom nestling in the Himalayas between its powerful neighbours, India and China.

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A Step Towards Secular India…

Indian democracy is governed by a written constitution. The 42nd amendment of the Constitution of India inserted the word “Secular” into the preamble thus making India a Secular Republic.

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A New Dimension of the Legacy of Colonial Borders

Many African countries today are still battling with colonial borders that were arbitrarily delineated at the close of the 19th century by those who had no knowledge about, or had never set foot in, Africa

BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 25: A Chinese health worker checks the temperature of a woman entering a subway station during the Chinese New Year and Spring Festival on January 25, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 1300 in mainland China Saturday as health officials locked down the city of Wuhan earlier in the week in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have been confirmed can be passed from human to human. In an unprecedented move, Chinese authorities put travel restrictions on the city of Wuhan and neighbouring cities affecting a population of over 35 million. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to at least 41 on Saturday and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Australia, France, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Japan’s approach to COVID-19 testing

Many countries around the world have implemented lockdown measures and conducting massive testing, while Japan managed the situation without taking such measures.