TWTW Special Edition

TWTW Special Edition, 350th Issue

THE WORLD THIS QUARTER (Jan-Mar 2026)

Global Politics Team

Trump-Xi Meeting I China Interests and Strategies in the US-Iran War I China-Vietnam 3+3 Strategic Dialogue I US Annual Threat Assessment 2026 Takeaways

Regional Roundups: From East Asia to the Americas

Global Politics Team

China’s Two Sessions | The UNSC Resolution on the US-Iran War

Global Politics Team

Canadian PM's India Visit I Nepal Elections and its Political Reset

Global Politics Team

AI Impact Summit in New Delhi I Munich Security Conference 2026

Global Politics Team

Japan: Sanae Takaichi’s historic win | Honk Kong: Jimmy Lai Sentenced

Regional Roundups: From East Asia to the Americas

Global Politics Team

End of the New START I India–US interim Trade Framework I India-EU Free Trade Agreement I UK PM Keir Starmer’s China visit

Regional Roundups: From East Asia to the Americas

Global Politics Team

The Davos Forum 2026 Takeaways I The US Pentagon’s National Defence Strategy 

Continuing Tensions over Greenland

Global Politics Team

The US, Greenland and Trump's Claims

Padmashree Anandhan

NATO Summit 2025

Aparna A Nair

China and Central Asia: President Xi’s Visit, Second Summit, and the BRI emphasis

Sunidhi Sampige

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia: Defense Agreements, Bilateral Visits and Economic ties

Lekshmi MK

The UN Ocean Conference: Repositioning the oceans from margins to global priority

Lekshmi MK

United Nations General Assembly Summit: 80 Years

Akriti Sharma

COP30 Summit at Brazil: Four Major Takeaways

Abhiruchi Chowdhury

The Trump-Putin Meeting at Alaska: Hits and Misses

Padmashree Anandhan

NATO Summit 2025

Padmashree Anandhan

The Paris AI Action Summit: The global divide

Padmashree Anandhan

Munich Security Conference 2025

Merin Treesa Alex

One Big Beautiful Bill Act: One bill, several issues at stake

R Preetha

US National Security Strategy 2025: Five Major Takeaways of 'Trump Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine

Tanvi Thara Harendra Jha

US migration policy: Restrictive turn, Enforcement escalation, and Legal contestation

Santhiya M

German Elections 2025: Decline of the Greens since 2005

Brighty Ann Sarah

German Elections: Explaining the rise of extremism in East Germany

R Preetha

Canada Elections 2025: What do the results convey? What next for Mark Carney?

Brighty Ann Sarah

The US and Syria: Strategic Recalibration and Security Pivot

R Preetha

US and Saudi Arabia: Crown Prince’s Visit and the Strategic Reset

Rohini Reenum

Afghanistan and India: Afghan Foreign Minister’s visit and the Reset of bilateral relations

Lekshmi MK

UK and India: PM Keir Starmer’s visit and the Recalibration of Economic, Strategic, and Cultural ties

Swati Sood

India and the Maldives: PM Modi’s Visit, Prioritizing Neighbors

Sunidhi Sampige & Tanvi Thara Harendra Jha

Russia and India: President Putin's Visit, and Strategic Agreements

Lekshmi MK

France and China: President Macron's visit

Emma Rose Boby

US and South Korea: Trump's Visit and a Trade Deal

Abhimanyu Solanki

US and Japan: President Trump's Visit, Technology Prosperity Deal and the "New Golden Age"

Femy Francis

China and EU: Trade Frictions, Strategic Dependencies, and Economic Recalibration

Femy Francis

China, Japan and Taiwan: Takaichi’s hardline security concerns and escalating regional tensions

Femy Francis

US and China: The tariff tensions

Aparna A Nair

Japan Elections 2025: Divided Diet and New PM

NIAS Team

President Putin's India Visit, President Macron's China Visit, US-Venezuela Tensions, and the New US Security Strategy

The World This Week #337, Vol 7, No 47, 07 December 2025

GP Team

G20 Summit and Japan-China Tensions

GP Team

COP 30 Summit & US-Saudi Arabia Bonhomie

GP Team

Japan-China Tensions over Taiwan & the Brazil COP 30 Summit

GP Team

Seven Major Developments This Week I US and Japan: President Trump's Visit I US and South Korea: Trump's Visit and a Trade Deal

GP Team

Five Major Developments

GP Team

Afghan Foreign Minister's and UK Prime Minister’s Visits to India

GP Team

Who said what at the UNGA 2025: Major takeaways

GP Team

EU-India Free Trade Negotiations: Convergences and Divergences

GP Team

The World This Week#323-324

The Trump-Putin meeting & the US-China tariff extension

GP Team

The World This Week#322

US tariffs on India, Brazil and Canada & the EU-US trade deal

GP Team

The World This Week#321

Indian PM Modi's visit to the Maldives I Elections to the Upper House in Japan

NIAS Global Politics Team

US-EU Tariff tensions, Australian Prime Minister’s visit to China, and PM Modi’s visit to Brazil and Argentina

GP Team

The World This Week #318

PM Modi’s Visit to Trinidad and Tobago & Ghana, One big beautiful bill, and Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting

GP Team

The World This Week #317

NATO Summit 2025 and Russia-Mali bilateral agreements

GP Team

The World This Week #316

China-Central Asia Summit in Kazakhstan, and the G7 Summit in Canada

GP Team

The World This Week #315

The UN Ocean Conference in France and the US-China Meeting in London

GP Team

The World This Week #314

Elections in South Korea and Poland I China and the Pacific Island Countries I Bangladesh Election Announcement 2026

GP Team

The World This Week #313

China-ASEAN-GCC Summit I President Macron's visit to South East Asia I Trump Vs Harvard

GP Team

The World This Week #312

Elections in Romania, Portugal & Poland I UK-EU Summit

GP Team

The World This Week #310-311

China in Latin America and the Carribbean I Trump's Middle East Visit I Denmark as the new Arctic Chair

The US-Ukraine Mineral Deal I East Asia-US Tariff Negotiations I Canada Elections

GP Team

President Xi’s Southeast Asia Visit: Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia

GP Team

The US-China Tariff War, and the US-Iran Nuclear Negotiations

GP Team

Tariffs, Tariffs, Tariffs: What, Why and What Next

GP Team

China’s Two Sessions, Modi’s Mauritius Visit and Canada’s New PM

GP Team

US-China tariff tensions

GP Team

The Good, Bad and Ugly of the Trans-Atlantic Divide, and the Elections in Germany

GP Team

Munich Security Conference 2025

GP Team

AI Summit in France, Trump’s Tariff Threats, and China’s DeepSeek

GP Team

Biden and Trump Addresses in the US, Sri Lankan President's China Visit, Former President's Legal Battles in South Korea and the American Interest in Greenland

GP Team

South Korea’s Political Crisis and Biden’s rejection of Nippon Steel deal.

GP Team

The Year That Was & More Questions for 2025

GP Team

Interim President in South Korea, China's record space walk and the New Chief Executive of Macau

GP Team

Elections in Ireland, Political Crisis in France and the Busan Plastic Pollution Summit

GP Team

APEC Summit 2024 and Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections 2024

GP Team

North Korean Troops in Russia, Finland President's Visit to China and Elections in Japan

GP Team

The BRICS Summit at Kazan and the Modi-Xi Meeting

GP Team

The Quad Summit 2024, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's US Visit, LDP Elections in Japan, and Modi’s US Visit

GP Team

Beijing Xiangshan Forum and Meloni-Starmer Meeting

GP Team

The Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and Elections in East Germany

GP Team

Kiribati Elections 2024 and Political turmoil in Bangladesh

GP Team

China, Southeast Asia and the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation

GP Team

Interim government in Bangladesh

GP Team

Tenth Pacific Island Leaders Meeting and President Biden’s Address

GP Team

Political Instability in Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh

GP Team

Labour Victory in the UK elections, Rise of the Right France elections, and the Xi Show at the SCO Summit

GP Team

International Tariffs on Chinese EVs and China’s Fourth Icebreaker

GP Team

Putin’s Visit to North Korea and Vietnam, and China-South Korea 2+2 Dialogue

GP Team

South Africa Elections and the Decline of ANC, China-Arab States Summit, and Trump Trial Verdict Fallouts

GP Team

The US Sanctions on China and Putin-Xi Summit

GP Team

President Xi’s Visit to Europe: Major Takeaways of China’s Strategic Approach towards France, Hungary and Serbia

GP Team

Baidu, Chang'e and Fujian: The Rise of China's S&T Capabilities in EV, Space and Maritime Sectors

GP Team

Elections in the Maldives and Remembering the Chernobyl nuclear accident

GP Team

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Visit to China

GP Team

Iran’s Drone Attacks on Israel and Biden-Kishida Summit

GP Team

75 Years of NATO

GP Team

Elections in Senegal

GP Team

Presidential Elections in Russia and the Summit for Democracy in South Korea

GP Team

China's Two Sessions and 25 Years of NATO's First Expansion

GP Team

ASEAN-Australia Summit, and President Biden’s State of the Union Address

GP Team

Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Putin's State of the Nation Address, and a Review of Global Diplomacy Index

GP Team

Elections in Finland and Indonesia

GP Team

The US divide over Ukraine, and the US-Israel differences over the war in Gaza

GP Team

North Korea's Cruise Missile Test, Tuvalu Elections, EU Summit and Italy-Africa Elections

GP Team

Taiwan Election 2024

GP Team

Xi Jinping’s New Year Eve’s Speech: Six Takeaways

GP team

Special Edition: The World in 2023

Hoimi Mukherjee

Chile in 2023: Crises of Constitutionality

Richa Chandola

Peru in 2023: Political Tensions, Civil Unrest, and Governance Issues

Aprajita Kashyap

Haiti in 2023: The Humanitarian Crisis

Shreya Pandey

Russian Invasion on Ukraine: An assessment of its impact upon unity, economy and enlargement of the EU

Binod Khanal

The Baltic: Energy, Russia, NATO and China

Rishika Yadav

Finland in 2023: Challenges at Russia's border

Padmashree Anandhan

Germany in 2023: Defence, Economy and Energy Triangle

Anu Maria Joseph

Ethiopia and Sudan in 2023: Governance in deadlock

Nuha Aamina

Thailand: Economic stability despite political instability

Alka Bala

Myanmar in 2023: Extended Emergency, Political Instability and State-led violence

Sayani Rana

Australia in 2023: Challenges of Economy, Employment and Immigration

​​​​​​​Ashok Alex Luke

China and South Asia in 2023: Advantage Beijing?

Annem Naga Bindhu Madhuri

China and East Asia

Femy Francis

China in 2023: Cracks in the Great Wall

Amit Gupta

The US: The Year of Living Dangerously?

Kuri Sravan Kumar

North Korea in 2023: Military buildups and Close Connections with Russia

Yogeshwari S

South Korea in 2023: Addressing Climate Change and the Global Supply Chains

Abhishek Ranjan

East Asia in 2023: Big Power Politics and New Defence Strategies

GP Team

Cases of COVID-19 Sub-variant in China

GP Team

Regional Round-ups: News from around the World

GP Team

Henry Kissinger: A profile

GP Team

North Korea’s New Satellite, EU-Canada Summit, and the CSTO Summit

GP Team

APEC Summit: US-China “de-risking and diversifying”

GP Team

Russia’s CTBT de-ratification and the G7 meeting in Tokyo

GP Team

UK’s AI Summit

GP Team

19th EU-Central Asia Ministerial meeting and the Palenque Summit in Mexico

GP Team

Ten years of BRI, Elections in Poland, and the Crisis in the US Congress

GP Team

GCC-EU Joint Council and Ministerial Meeting, and EUs New Pact on Migration

GP Team

Taiwan: Launches its first domestically built submarine “Hain Kun”

GP Team

China: Xi Jinping reaffirms his resolve to rebuild Syria

GP Team

A Brief Roundup: 78th United Nations General Assembly

GP Team

Russia and North Korea: Putin-Kim Meeting

GP Team

The return of South China Sea and the controversy over Fukushima release

GP Team

BRICS Summit and the Journey of Chandrayaan-3

GP Team

Trump indictment, Moscow Conference and the Iran-US Prisoner Exchange deal

GP Team

Japan-Australia's Reciprocal Access Agreement, and the Amazon Summit

GP Team

China: Xi welcomes “Old friend” Henry Kissinger 

GP Team

India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets President of UAE

GP Team

The SCO Summit and Top Ten Technologies in 2023

GP Team

The High Seas Treaty, Global Financing Pact Summit, and the IMF-Pakistan Deal

GP Team

Modi's US Visit, and the Wagner Revolt in Russia

GP Team

China: Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ visit emphasizes hope for statehood

GP Team

Political Crises in Maldives, Domestic instability in Colombia, and the Debt Crisis in Pakistan

GP Team

North Korea's space ambitions, Turkey elections, and The US debt ceiling

GP Team

Thailand elections, G7 Summit challenges, and Ecuador's new instability

GP Team

G7 Summit in Japan, and China-Central Asia Summit in Xian

GP Team

Sheikh Hasina’s Visit to the US, UK and Japan

GP Team

ASEAN- India Maritime Exercise, and President Marcos' US Visit

GP Team

Leaked Pentagon Documents: Major Takeaways

GP Team

100 days of Lula in Brazil, and Pension reforms in France

GP Team

Macron's China Visit, Tsai's US Visit, Artemis-II Mission and OPEC's Crude Oil Cuts

GP Team

Turkey and Finland’s NATO membership, and expanding Russia-South Africa relations

GP Team

Saudi Arabia - Iran rapprochement, the AUKUS deal and China's 14th National Party Congress

GP Team

The UK's new bill on illegal migration

GP Team

Macron's Africa visit, Suspension of the START treaty and the return of COVID origin debate

GP Team

Japan, Philippines and the tensions in the South China Sea

GP Team

Russia in Africa, and Biden's State of the Union address

GP Team

Two years after the coup in Myanmar, and the EU-Ukraine Summit

Avishka Ashok

China: A complicated economic recovery

Madhura Mahesh

Latin America: Elections, problems of governance and deteriorating economy

Padmashree Anandhan

Europe: An impending energy crisis and its economic fallouts

Ankit Singh

Defence: Towards a new cold war

Riya Itisha Ekka

Brazil: Managing Bolsonaro’s legacy

Apoorva Sudhakar

Africa: Despite the elections, democratic backslide will continue 

Sayani Rana

Australia, China and Japan: Diplomatic challenges in East Asia  

Anu Maria Joseph

Africa: Domestic instability, bilateral conflicts, and insurgencies ahead

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Pakistan in 2023: Between elections, economic turmoil and climate crisis

Sethuraman Nadarajan

Sri Lanka in 2023: A troubling economy and an unstable polity

Avishka Ashok

Chinese Foreign Minister's visit to Africa

GP Team

North American Leaders Summit, US-Japan 2+2 dialogue and the World Banks' prospects for 2023

GP Team

The return of Lula and China's relaxation of travel rules

GP Team

Top 22 developments from the world in 2022

Allen Joe Mathew, Sayani Rana, Joel Jacob

Newsmakers: From Putin to Rushdie

Sethuraman Nadarajan

Rest in Peace; Queen Elizabeth. Mikhail Gorbachev, Pelé...

Ankit Singh

Global economy in 2022: The year of cooling down

Bhoomika Sesharaj

Digital world: Elon Musk and the Twitter Chaos

Madhura Mahesh

The FTX Collapse: Depleting cryptocurrencies

Harini Madhusudan

The Space race: Scaling new technological feats

Avishka Ashok

G20: More challenges

Akriti Sharma

COP27: Hits and Misses

Padmashree Anandhan

The Ukraine War

Poulomi Mondal

French Exit from Mali: More questions than answers

Mohaimeen Khan

Yemen, Syria, and Sudan: Continuing humanitarian crises

Padmashree Anandhan

NATO and the Madrid Summit: Expanding defence frontiers

Madhura Mahesh

Elections in Colombia and Brazil: Re-emergence of the Pink Tide

Padmashree Anandhan

Elections in France, Sweden, and Italy: The rise of the right

Janardhan G

North Korea: Missile Tests Galore

Sapna Elsa Abraham

China and the Middle East: Xi Jinping’s visit towards a “new era” and “China-Arab community”

Avishka Ashok

The Taiwan Strait: Political and military assertions

Anu Maria Joseph

Ethiopia: Uncertainties despite ceasefire

Apoorva Sudhakar

Tunisia: The end of the Jasmine Revolution

Rashmi BR

Iraq: Deadlock and breakthrough

Kaviyadharshini A

Iran: Anti-government protests

Avishka Ashok

China: 20th Party Congress and Xi Jinping's consolidation

Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare

Sri Lanka: Political and Economic Crises

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

Myanmar: The coup and after

GP Team

Thaw in China-Australia relations, and the return of Ramaphosa in South Africa

GP Team

The US-Africa Leaders Summit and the FTX CEO's arrest

Xi's visit to Saudi Arabia and Peru's political instability

GP Team

The Taiwanese local elections and the legacies of Jiang Zemin

Vignesh Ram

Anwar Ibrahim: Malaysia's new Prime Minister

GP Team

G-20 and COP-27 Summits: Key Takeaways

GP Team

Brief updates from around the world

GP Team

Elon Musk's Twitter deal and Putin's Valdai address

GP Team

China's 20th Party Congress and Former Prime Minister Liz Truss' resignation in the UK

GP Team

UN deems Russia’s referendums illegal

GP Team

The US easing sanctions on Venezuela, OPEC's production cut, and the WTO report on global trade

GP Team

The new DART Mission: A new era of planetary defence

GP Team

Putin and Russia's New Ukraine Strategy

GP Team

The SCO Summit, and the Sweden Elections

GP Team

Military exercises in Russia’s Far East, Eastern Economic Forum summit, and India-Bangladesh relations

GP Team

Floods and Emergency in Pakistan

GP Team

Regional round-ups

GP Team

Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, Sri Lanka's appeal to the IMF and Amnesty's report on Ukraine's Human Rights Violation

GP Team

Taiwan and Biden-Xi conversation, and a controversial referendum in Tunisia

GP Team

Putin’s meeting with Khamenei and Erdogan

GP Team

Biden's Middle East visit, and Elon Musk's backtracking on the Twitter deal

GP Team

Boris Johnson's resignation in UK, Shinzo Abe assassination in Japan, and the G-20 meeting in Bali

GP Team

NATO Summit, G-7 Summit, Instability in Israel, and NATO's New Strategic Concept

GP Team

BRICS Summit, Approval of Ukraine's candidature for the EU, and Saudi Arabia-Turkey rapprochement

GP Team

The US federal reserve interest rate increase and its global fallouts

GP Team

India-Nordic Summit, and New EU sanctions on Russia

GP Team

New US assistance for Ukraine

GP Team

China's Boao Forum for Asia, Russia's new ICBM test, and a Cold War in the Solomon Islands

GP Team

Elon Musk and the battle for Twitter 

GP Team

New sanctions on Russia, and a new IPCC report on climate change

GP Team

Russia's gas ultimatum to Europe

GP Team

The G7 Summit, and Europe’s new focus on defence

GP Team

War in Ukraine: Strategies of China, Europe and the US

GP Team

EU’s Versailles Declaration on Ukraine, China’s National Peoples Congress meeting, and South Korea’s Presidential elections

GP Team

Sanctions against Russia and their limitations, and Biden’s State of the Union address

GP Team

Russia’s Ukraine invasion: Three days later

EU-Africa Summit, and France’s exit from Mali

GP Team

The One Ocean summit in France, and the Quad meeting in Australia

GP Team

Escalation and de-escalation in the Ukraine crisis

GP Team

Return of the Normandy Format on Ukraine and a Thaw in China-Australia diplomatic rhetoric

GP Team

US, Russia and the Geneva talks on Ukraine

GP Team

India-China military-level talks, Russia-West negotiations on Ukraine, Russian and Chinese approaches to Kazakhstan, and Tensions in Mali

GP Team

North Korea tests new missiles, and the US remembers 6 January

GP Team

The Complete Compendium for 2021

GP Team

China, East Asia, and South East Asia in 2021

GP Team

The Americas in 2021

GP Team

Europe in 2021

GP Team

Middle East and Africa in 2021

GP Team

South Asia in 2021

GP Team

The Biden-Putin, and Modi-Putin Summits

GP Team

China in Africa, and Elections in Honduras

GP Team

Strategic oil reserves' release, and another migrant crisis across the English Channel

GP Team

Biden-Xi virtual summit, and Russia's ASAT test

GP Team

The Coal compromise in COP 26, Xi’s power consolidation in China, and a Migrant Crisis in Europe

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COP 26 agreements on methane and deforestation, and elections in Japan

GP Team

China's White Paper on Climate Change

GP Team

China's hypersonic tests, Russia's Afghanistan summit, and EU's Poland challenge

GP Team

India-China military dialogue, G20 summit on Afghanistan, and China-Taiwan tensions

GP Team

Europe's Energy Crisis

GP Team

Biden's infrastructure bill trouble in the US, and a new Prime Minister in Japan

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The Quad reinvigoration, UN General Assembly meeting, Elections in Russia and Canada, and another political turmoil in Tunisia

GP Team

The AUKUS pact, North Korea's New Missile Test, New SpaceX Mission, and the State of EU address

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20 years after 9/11, Paris terror trial, and a new government in Lebanon

GP Team

The New Afghanistan

GP Team

Kamala Harris' visit to Southeast Asia

GP Team

Taliban's friendly neighbourhood: China, Russia and Pakistan

GP Team

The rise of Delta variant, and the fall of Afghan State

GP Team

New tensions in South China Sea, an ASEAN envoy to Myanmar, and 76 years after Hiroshima bombing

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Olympics in Japan, Six months of military rule in Myanmar, and a political opening in Lebanon

GP Team

Nord Stream-2, Floods in India and China, Peru election results, and another COVID origin probe

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Europe's floods and EU's Climate package, SCO meet on Afghanistan, and Political crises in Lebanon and Nepal

GP Team

Haiti's political crisis, and China's control of tech giants

GP Team

Hundred Years of Communist Party of China 

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The EU Council Summit, the Merkel-Macron proposal on Russia, and Moscow's response

GP Team

G7, NATO and Biden-Putin summits, and the Iran elections

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G7 Summit, China's new anti-foreign sanctions law, Peru Elections, and France's Sahel exit

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China's Three Child policy, the US ban on investments in China, Biden's support for COVAX, and Israel's new government

GP Team

Another US investigation on COVID origin, Russia's Belarus embrace, Mali's second coup, and Europe's Africa apology

IPRI Team

EU's China investment freeze, Arctic Council meeting, Cryptocurrency crash, and a BBC apology

GP Team

China's new census, Cyber attack on a US energy grid, and 100 days of military rule in Myanmar

GP Team

The waiver debate on vaccine patent, UK-France tensions over fishing rights, China-Australia tensions, North Korea's response to Biden, and Russia's tough posture towards Navalny

GP Team

100 days of President Biden, and three years of inter-Korean dialogue 

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Biden's climate summit, Putin's new redlines, China's media clampdown in Hong Kong, and India's alarming COVID case

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Iran's 60 per cent nuclear enrichment, US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, India's second COVID wave, US-China Climate dialogue,  Sanctions on Russia, and US-Japan Dialogue

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Return of the Iran nuclear talks, Pak-Russia rapprochement, Greenland elections, and Russia-Ukraine tensions

GP Team

The WHO Report on COVID-19, and Brazil's political crisis

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Fifty years of India-Bangladesh relations, Israel's elections and North Korea's new missile tests

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The Moscow Summit on Afghanistan, US-China Dialogue in Alaska, Return of the US to East Asia, UK Defence Policy Review and the Protests in Lebanon

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Quad Summit, Ten Years of Fukushima and China's Two Sessions

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The case against MBS, the Ireland trouble post-Brexit and the Pope's Iraq visit

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India-Pakistan Ceasefire, US-Saudi Arabia reset, Afghan dialogue in Doha, and the Australian new media law on Facebook/Google

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US-Iran restart, Munich Security Conference, Libya ten years after Gaddafi and the US Cold Storm

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India-China border disengagement, Senate acquittal of Donald Trump, UAE’s Mars mission success, and the WHO’s findings on the COVID

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Biden's new US foreign policy priorities, Russia-EU tensions over Navalny, and China's redline on Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan

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The Daniel Pearl case in Pakistan and the new vaccine complications in Europe

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The US returns to the Paris Agreement, and India reengages the region through a Vaccine diplomacy

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North Korea's Party Congress, Houthis as terrorists, and Elections in Uganda

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Disorderly transition in the US, Breakthrough over Qatar, Enrichment in Iran and Arrests in Hong Kong

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The Year of COVID, Protests and Elections

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India-Bangladesh reset and China's Chang'e-5 success

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Morocco recognizes Israel, Maduro consolidates in Venezuela and No-deal Brexit gets reals

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UK Vaccine approval, China-Australia spat, and an intra-Afghan agreement

GP Team

The Joshua Wang trial in Hong Kong, and a worsening conflict in Ethiopia

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Trump's setbacks in Georgia and Pennsylvania, hectic American engagements in the Middle East, and the race for the COVID-19 vaccines

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Impending catastrophe in Yemen, Elections in Myanmar, and another crisis in Hong Kong

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Joe Biden as the new American President, Pan-European measures against Islamic Extremism, and Civil-Military tussle in Myanmar elections

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A new India-US defence agreement, another terrorist attack in France, and a looming Russia-Turkey Cold War

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Pakistan to stay in FATF's Grey List, Sudan to normalize relations with Israel, and Japan to push the Indo-Pacific with Indonesia and Vietnam

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Anti-government movement in Pakistan, Emergency in Thailand, and new Israeli settlements in the West Bank

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The Quad summit in Japan, the World Bank report on South Asia and the European Parliament on Saudi Arabia

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An ugly Presidential debate in the US, a new bill to prevent Islamic separatism in France, and new EU sanctions against Turkey

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The Second COVID Wave in Europe, Japan's rapprochement in East Asia and a SAARC summit in South Asia

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The Abraham Accords in the Middle East, a new PM in Japan, and a TikTok deal in the US

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The new Brexit crisis, India, China and the SCO meeting in Moscow, and the Wildfires in the US

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India-China Border Standoff, Second Wave in South Korea, and Russia-Europe tensions over Navalny poisoning

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Greece-Turkey Tensions, Iran and the UNSC, China and the South China Sea and Shinzo Abe's resignation in Japan

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Biden as the Democratic Presidential Candidate in the US, Russia-EU meddling in Belarus, Coup in Mali and another ice sheet melt in Iceland

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Selecting Kamala Harris in the US, Arresting Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong and Facing the Second Wave in Europe

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Sri Lanka's election brings Mahinda Rajapaksa back, while India and Pakistan respond differently to J&K

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Forthcoming elections in Sri Lanka, a migrant problem turning political in Italy, and the Second wave in Vietnam

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Closure of Chengdu and Houston Consulates, COVID Recovery Fund in Europe, expanding Space race to Mars, and the Nuclear Security Index 2020

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China's Economic Recovery, India-China Disengagement, India-Iran Chabahar Challenge and the UK's Huawei ban

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Erdogan converts Hagia Sophia into a mosque, Trump doubts the second round of trade talks with China, and the ruling party wins the elections in Singapore again

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Half a million COVID deaths in Coronavirus, Russian bounties to Taliban and Putin to remain President till 2036

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The US Senate sanctions on Hong Kong, The Late Wave in Latin America, Return of the START talks, South Korea's Warning to the North & the Palestine protest against West Bank annexation

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Two years of Trump-Kim personal diplomacy, and the US troop withdrawal from Germany

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Global Coalition on China, North Korea-US tensions, UAE's jibe at Israel and the COVID Peak in Brazil

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India-China Military Commanders meeting, India-Australia agreements, Anti-racism protests across the Atlantic and Pacific, and an Oil spill in the Arctic

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India-China border standoff, Locust attack in India & the EU's Largest Recovery Fund 

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China announces National Security Laws on Hong Kong, US withdraws from the Open Skies Treaty and China's Two Sessions in Beijing

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The US Naval Ships in the Malaysian Coast, Reopening of Italy, Kabul attacks' fallouts, and the Australia-China tensions

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US-China Trade Talks, Locust attacks across Africa and Asia, Iraq's New PM, and finally, a government in Israel

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Towards the post-COVID world: Hopeful, but cautious reopening in the US, Europe, China, India, Australia and New Zealand

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Iran’s Military Satellite, Tensions in the South China Sea and Israel’s New Government  

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Successful elections in South Korea, Soft-opening in Germany, Federal problems in re-opening the US, and Political instability in Israel 

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Europe's Rescue Package, Wuhan's Reopening, Saudi Arabia's Yemen Ceasefire and the WHO controversy

GP Team

Corona fatalities cross 60000, the US scramble for medical supplies, the second wave in Asia, the fallout on Asian labour and remittances, and the restrictions on media 

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The Spike in Spain, Unstoppable in Italy, Two trillion package in the US, new Crisis in Afghanistan and the UN Secretary General's call to halt conflicts

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Taliban Violence in Afghanistan, Lockdown in Germany and the US-China blame-game

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WHO declares Pandemic, Italy shuts down, Xi Jinping visits Wuhan, Instability grips Kabul, and an Oil war brews between Russia and Saudi Arabia

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Twenty Years of UNSC Resolution 1325, Coronavirus Update on crossing 100,000, Russia –Turkey agreement on Idlib, Greece-Turkey Migrant Border Crisis and a collapsing Taliban deal

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US-Taliban deal in Afghanistan, a new PM in Malaysia, CoronaVirus outside China, Trump in India and and a new crisis in the UK-EU trade negotiations

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Racist attacks in Germany, FATF grey list for Pakistan, Seven days peace in Afghanistan, Unity government in South Sudan, and the Dissolution of the opposition party in Thailand

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Seven weeks after Coronavirus, The Left Turn in Ireland Elections, Pakistan's balancing act with Malaysia and Turkey, and a US deal with the Taliban

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The Senate acquits Trump in the US; and the Coronavirus impacts Southeast Asia more

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Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan, WHO's emergency declaration on the Coronavirus, Europe’s soft strategy towards Huawei, and BREXIT finally

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World Economic Forum, Wuhan Coronavirus, China-Myanmar MoUs, and a new government in Lebanon

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Xi Jinping in Myanmar, US-China trade deal, Putin's new amendments in Russia, Taiwan Elections and the US efforts to fund 5G alternatives

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Iran's lowkey response to the killing of Gen Soleimani, Iraq's resolution against the US troops and Iran's request to India to mediate

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US-Iran Tensions in the Middle East, 6G in China, Fires in Australia, and a New Nuclear declaration in North Korea

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Impeachment in the US, Brexit Vote in the UK, an Islamic Summit in Malaysia and a Death Sentence in Pakistan

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Sui Kyi at the ICJ, Boris Johnson as the new British PM, Greta Thunberg as TIME's person, and none to speak at the COP 25

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NATO at 70, Protests in Iran, COP 25 in Madrid

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Protests in Iran and Attacks in London

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Elections in Sri Lanka and Protests in Georgia, Chile & Czech

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The Crisis in Bolivia, the BRICS Summit in Brazil, and renewed violence in Israel & Hong Kong

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US-China Tariffs, Beijing's support for Carrie Lam, India's RCEP exit, Iran's nuclear enrichment, and Russia's new Arctic endeavours

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Protests in Lebanon, ISIS post-Baghdadi, UK Elections, Afghan QCG meet in Moscow and human trafficking across Europe

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The new Turkey-Russia axis in the Middle East, Trump Impeachment inquiry, Protests in Latin America and the Oil spill in Brazil

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Turkey's Syrian Offensive, Spain's Catalonia Crisis, a new Brexit Deal and an increasing divide in Hong Kong

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Turkey-Syria border tensions, Modi-Xi summit, Ecuador Protests and the Impeachment Inquiry against Trump

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70 years Celebrations in China, Tipping Point in Hong Kong, a Brexit Roadmap, Protests in Iraq, and Khashoggi's death anniversary

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Afghan Elections, UNGA Meetings, Climate Change Summit, Impeachment inquiry against Trump, US-Japan Trade agreement and the Brexit troubles in UK Parliament

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Elections in Israel, Violence in Afghanistan, Drone Attacks in Saudi Arabia, and the Climate Change Protests

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Netanyahu’s plan to annex West Bank, Suspension of the British Parliament, Trump’s Bolton troubles, Hong Kong's new Anthem, Conditions for Rohingya Return, Erdogan’s threat on Syrian Refugees, and the Forest Fires in Indonesia

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G7 Summit, Suspension of the British Parliament, Growing Warmth in Russia-Turkey relations, Italy's new Coalition and Google-Huawei differences

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Global uproar on Amazon fires, Trump's Greenland bid, EU differences over Brexit and backstop, Italy's new political crisis, the sale of US F-16s to Taiwan and a new PM in Sudan

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North Korea's New Threats, Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Presidential Candidate, Failure at the Pacific Islands Meet, UNSC on J&K, and Israel's ban on the US Congresswomen

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J&K Special Status, Afghan Violence, Beijing's Hong Kong Warning, North Korea's Cyber Theft, EU's New Satellite and Yuan Devaluation

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New US Tariffs on China, Japan-South Korea Trade Tension, Burqa Ban in the Netherlands, INF Treaty's End and North Korean Missile Tests

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New PM in UK, Iran-UK Tensions in the Gulf, Muller's Testimony, Trump-Imran Meeting, New Protests in Hong Kong and Russia-China Air Exercises

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US ban on Myanmar Generals, Kulbhushan Yadav Verdict, Trump's Saudi Arms Deal, Sudan Power Sharing, US-Turkey tensions and Pakistan's reopening of its Airspace

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UAE pullout from Yemen, Doha dialogue on Afghanistan, Continuing protests in Hong Kong and S-400 Russian missiles in Turkey

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Trump in DMZ, Hong Kong Protests, Violence in Libya, Agreement in Sudan, Taliban's Dual Strategy and Hafiz Saeed Charged

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G20 Summit, Pompeo's India Visit, Hong Kong Protests, US-Iran Tensions, ASEAN Summit & the Bahrain Summit on the Middle East

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Rising US-Iran Tensions, Xi Jinping's North Korea Visit, Continuing Protests in Hong Kong, Untimely Death of Morsi and the Triple Suicide Attacks in Nigeria

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Attacks in Oman Gulf, Protests in Hong Kong, Military Crackdown in Sudan, Modi's Visit to Male and Colombo, Abe's Peace Mission in Iran and the SCO Summit

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EU Parliament elections, Chinese VP receives Nishan-e-Pakistan, Trump-Abe summit, Mueller's new statement on Trump & Israel’s new elections

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American Troops to Middle East, Resignation of Theresa May, Climate Change Protests, Threats to Peace in Columbia and Post Elections Violence in Indonesia

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Diplomatic Outreaches of the US and Iran , China’s Tariff Retaliations, Tensions in the Middle East and Anti-Muslim Violence in Sri Lanka

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Gaza Violence, China-US Trade Negotiations, North Korean Missile Tests, Iran’s Partial Withdrawal and Mueller Report

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Masood Azhar Ban, Venezuela Crisis, Huawei in UK & the Sri Lankan Bombers

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Elections in Spain, BRI Summit 2.0, Kim's Russia visit and Terror attacks in Sri Lanka

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Indonesian Elections, North Korea's New Weapon Test, Trump's Yemen Veto, Venezuela Crisis and Climate Change Protests

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Coup in Sudan, Protests in Algeria & Libya, and another Brexit Extension

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Brexit Deadlock, Crises in Sudan & Algeria and the Elections in Maldives

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US-China Trade Talks, Mueller Report, Gaza Anniversary and Thailand Elections

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Brexit and the EU; BRI and Italy; Muller's Report; Trump, Golan Heights and Israel; and New Zealand's response to Christchurch

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The New Zealand Massacre, The JeM discussion in the UN, The Brexit rejection, US-Taliban peace talks and Climate protests

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India in OIC, India-Pakistan and Trump-Kim Summit

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Doha Dialogue with the Taliban, Saudi Arabia in Asia and the Crisis in Venezuela

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US Emergency, Nord Stream-2 and Indo-Pak tensions

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US, South Korea and Thailand

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Yemen, Venezuela and US-China

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Between a Terror attack in Nairobi and a Political Disaster in UK

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Kim-Xi Meet, US Shutdown & US-China Trade Talks

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Trump's Shutdown, Bangladesh Elections and China's Lunar Probe