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21 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 208

Judiciary awards death Sentence for Musharraf in Pakistan

Harini Madhusudhan

21 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 207

Mahathir holds an Islamic Summit in Malaysia, minus Saudi Arabia and its allies

Sukanya Bali

21 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 206

Boris Johnson gets a Brexit mandate in the UK; set to leave the EU by 31 January

Sourina Bej

21 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 205

The House of Representatives impeach Trump in the US

Parikshith Pradeep

15 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 204

The US plan against Mexican Cartels

Unnikrishnan MJ

15 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 203

COP-25: Another failure in addressing the Climate Change

Rashmi Ramesh

15 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 202

Greta Thunberg is TIME's person of the year

Harini Madhusudhan

15 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 201

UK: Boris Johnson wins big, gets the BREXIT mandate

Sourina Bej

15 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 200

ICJ: Suu Kyi defends the indefensible

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

7 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 199

Spain: COP 25 begins in Madrid

Rashmi Ramesh

7 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 198

Iran: The protests continue

Sukanya Bali

7 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 197

NATO at 70: Brain Dead and Jaws Dropped

Harini Madhusudhan

30 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 196

London attacks: A reality check on radicalisation

Sourina Bej

30 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 195

Iran protests: Thousands arrested

Parikshith Pradeep

23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 194

Netanyahu indicted on corruption charges: Political crisis deepens

Sukanya Bali

23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 193

Russia Releases Ukrainian Vessels

Nidhi Dalal

23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 192

30 years since the Velvet Revolution: Czechs want the PM to resign

Harini Madhusudhan

23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 191

Mass Protests in Iran

Parikshith Pradeep

23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 190

The awakening in Chile: A stride towards a new constitution

Rashmi Ramesh

23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 189

Protest in Georgia over constitutional reform

Sourina Bej

23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 188

Sri Lanka: Return of the Rajapaksas

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

16 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 187

Hong Kong: Violence reaches a new high

Harini Madhusudhan

16 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 186

Israel: An assassination, followed by an escalation in violence

Sukanya Bali

16 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 185

Brazil: Leaders meet for the 11th BRICS Summit

Parikshith Pradeep

16 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 184

Bolivia: Political crisis over elections

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

11 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 183

US-China Tariff Rollback: Yes, sorry no…

Harini Madhusudan

11 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 182

Hong Kong: Xi Jinping’s display of faith in Carrie Lam

Sourina Bej

11 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 181

India refuses to sign the RCEP

Parikshith Pradeep

11 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 180

Iran’s Uranium enrichment: A new phase in the Middle East

Sukanya Bali

11 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 179

Russia’s new Arctic pursuits: Beyond the discovery of five Islands

Rashmi Ramesh

3 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 178

Lebanon: PM Hariri quits, but protests continue

Harini Madhusudan

3 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 177

ISIS after Baghdadi

Nidhi Dalal

3 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 176

UK Elections: A delayed Brexit; divided Parliament

Sourina Bej

3 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 175

Quadrilateral Contact Group (QCG) on Afghanistan: The US, China, Russia and Pakistan meet again

Parikshith Pradeep

3 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 174

Human Trafficking across Europe: 39 Vietnamese found dead in a truck in the UK

Sukanya Bali

27 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 173

Brazil’s mysterious oil spill

Rashmi Ramesh

27 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 172

Trump impeachment inquiry gets critical with Ambassador Taylor’s testimony

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

27 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 171

Turkey-Russia Axis in the Middle East, and a new reality for the Kurds

Harini Madhusudan

19 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 170

Hong Kong Violence: A divide within

Harini Madhusudhan

19 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 169

The New Brexit Deal: Will Boris Johnson meet the same fate as Theresa May?

Sourina Bej

19 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 168

Spain: The trouble in Catalonia

Rashmi Ramesh

19 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 167

Turkey's Offensive in Syria

Nidhi Dalal

12 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 166

US: Further developments on the impeachment inquiry on Trump

Sukanya Bali

12 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 165

Ecuador: Protests force the Government to shift capital

Sourina Bej

12 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 164

India and China: Second informal meeting between Modi and Xi Jinping

Parikshith Pradeep

12 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 163

Middle East: Border Tensions between Syria and Turkey across the border

Nidhi Dalal

5 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 162

First Death Anniversary of Khashoggi: It is business as usual

Harini Madhusudan

5 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 161

UK: Boris Johnson announces a Brexit roadmap

Nidhi Dalal

5 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 160

Iraq: The Protests Now

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

5 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 159

Hong Kong: A tipping point, as a teenager gets shot

Parikshith Pradeep

5 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 158

China: Celebrating 70 years

Rashmi Ramesh

28 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 157

UK: Parliament uproar over Boris Johnson’s language

Lakshman Chakravarthy N

28 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 156

US and Japan: A limited trade agreement

Lakshman Chakravarthy N

28 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 155

US: Trump faces impeachment inquiry over whistleblower complaint

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

28 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 154

The UN Climate Action Summit: No Action Plan yet

Rashmi Ramesh

28 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 153

United Nations: The General Assembly meets again, but no big breakthroughs

Harini Madhusudan

28 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 152

Afghanistan: A successful election, despite a low turnout

Nidhi Dalal

21 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 151

Climate Change protests ahead of the UN Summit

Lakshman Chakravarthy N

21 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 150

Saudi Arabia: Attacks on Oil Facilities further destabilizes the Middle East

Sukanya Bali

21 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 149

Afghanistan: Taliban’s deadly strikes

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

21 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 148

Israel: No clear winners in the elections

Sourina Bej

14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 147

An Amazon in the East: The Forest Fires in Indonesia

Rashmi Ramesh

14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 146

BBC Report on the Rohingya Crisis questions the government's seriousness to resettle the refugees

Vijay Maidergi

14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 145

Turkey: Erdogan intends to send Syrian refugees back and threatens Europe to push them

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 144

"Glory to Hong Kong": Protesters' New Anthem

Harini Madhusudan

14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 143

US: Trump sacks his National Security Advisor John Polton

Parikshith Pradeep

14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 142

Suspension of the British Parliament

Sukanya Bali

14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 141

Israel: Netanyahu plans to annex West Bank after elections

Sourina Bej

31 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 140

Italy: Experiments with a new coalition

Lakshmi V Menon

31 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 139

Huawei vs Google: The Saga Continues

Harini Madhusudan

31 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 138

Turkey and Russia: Erdogan-Putin grow closer as divisions over Syria remain

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

31 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 137

UK: Boris Johnson suspends the Parliament; so, no-deal Brexit it is

Sourina Bej

31 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 136

G7 Summit: Cold responses and little outcomes

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

24 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 135

Sudan: Abdalla Hamdok is the new Prime Minister following a power-sharing agreement

Vijay Maidergi

24 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 134

China to impose sanctions over US-Taiwan F-16 deal

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

24 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 133

Italy: Political turmoil as the PM resigns

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

24 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 132

Brexit: No backing out on backstop deal

Sourina Bej

24 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 131

Trump calls-off visit to Denmark amid 'absurd' interest to buy Greenland

Harini Madhusudhan

24 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 130

Brazil: The fires in Amazon goes global

Parikshith Pradeep

17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 129

UK: Iranian oil tanker to be released amid US hold

Vijay Maidergi

17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 128

Jammu and Kashmir: The UNSC meeting

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 127

Israel: US Congresswomen's visit denied

Lakshman Chakravarthy

17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 126

The Pacific: Islands Forum fails to evolve a consensus

Harini Madhusudhan

17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 125

Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Presidential candidate

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 124

East Asia: Post missile test, North Korea vilifies Moon Jae

Sourina Bej

10 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 123

China: Devaluation of Yuan towards a currency confrontation

Harini Madhusudhan

10 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 122

Europe: Space Agency launches satellite enabling real-time Earth observation

Lakshman Chakravarthy

10 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 121

North Korea: Cyber theft of $ 2 billion

Vijay Maidergi

10 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 120

Hong Kong: China issues a strong warning

Sourina Bej

10 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 119

Afghanistan: Violence aggravates amid US-Taliban Peace talks

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

10 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 118

J&K: India revokes Kashmir’s special status

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

3 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 117

North Korea launches its third missile in a week

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

3 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 116

US Withdraws from the INF Treaty

Parikshith Pradeep

3 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 115

The Netherlands ban Burqa

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

3 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 114

Japan removes South Korea from Trusted Trade Partners list

Harini Madhusudhan

3 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 113

Trump imposes new tariffs on China

Sukanya Bali

27 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 112

Russia-China Joint Air Patrol sends a strong message to the US and a challenge to the Indo-Pacific

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

27 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 111

Hong Kong Protests: Violence in Metro Station and a new sit-in at the International Airport

Sourina Bej

27 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 110

Imran Khan meets Trump, raising hopes of a US-Pak reset

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

27 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 109

Muller Testimony does not provide much but divides the Democrats on further action

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

27 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 108

In the Gulf, new tensions between Iran and the UK

Lakshmi V Menon

27 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 107

Boris Johnson is the new British PM; he might be what Brexit needs

Sourina Bej

20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 106

Pakistan Airspace Reopens after five months

Harini Madhusudhan

20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 105

US excludes Turkey from the F-35 program

Mahath Mangal

20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 104

Sudan: Civilians and Military Leaders Sign Power-Sharing Deal

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 103

US House blocks Trump's Saudi arms deal

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 102

ICJ verdict: Kulbhushan Jadhav gets consular rights

Sourina Bej

20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 101

Myanmar: US-led sanctions will not go far

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

8 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 100

Iran to breach nuclear stockpile threshold

Nasima Khatoon

6 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 99

East Asia: Trump crosses Korean Demilitarized Zone

Sourina Bej

6 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 98

Afghanistan: Taliban holds peace in Doha, strikes terror in Kabul

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

6 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 97

Hong Kong: Civilian Protests takes violent turn

Harini Madhusudhan

6 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 96

Libya: Attack on Migration Centre kills 60

Lakshmi V Menon

6 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 95

Sudan: The Military council and Opposition reaches a power-sharing agreement

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

6 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 94

Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed charged of terror financing

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

29 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 93

G20 Summit 2019 in Japan: Early takeaways

Harini Madhusudhan

29 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 92

Tensions in the Middle East: Iran shoots down US drone

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

29 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 91

India and the US: The Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits India

Sourina Bej

29 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 90

ASEAN Summit: A new outlook on Indo Pacific

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

29 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 89

Hong Kong Protests: Expanding the Goals?

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

29 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 88

'Peace to Prosperity': The Bahrain Summit on the Middle East

Lakshmi V Menon

25 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 87

Protests in Georgia

Mahath Mangal

22 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 86

Iran: Trump calls off the Strike after getting

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

22 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 85

Xi visits North Korea

Sourina Bej

22 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 84

Hong Kong: The Protests Escalates Further

Harini Madhusudhan

22 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 83

Death of Egypt's Mohammad Morsi: Lessons from 'Democracy protests'

Harini Madhusudhan

22 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 82

Nigeria: The Triple Suicide Bombing

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

18 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 81

Egypt: Ex-President Mohammed Morsi dies in Court and buried quietly

Lakshmi V Menon

18 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 80

Saudi Arabia warns Iran, adds to the tensions in the Gulf

Lakshmi V Menon

18 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 79

Russia's expanding Footprints in the Arctic

Mahath Mangal

18 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 78

Xi's Visit to North Korea

Raakhavee Ramesh

17 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 77

Botswana lifts the hunting ban on African elephants

Mahath Mangal

17 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 76

Iran wants closer ties with Russia amid rising tension with the US

Mahath Mangal

15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 75

Sudan: African Union suspends membership

Raakhavee Ramesh

15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 74

The SCO Summit 2019: Narendra Modi in Bishkek

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 73

The Gulf of Oman: Attack on Oil tankers

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 72

Sudan: The Military orders crackdown

Lakshmi V Menon

15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 71

The Protests in Hong Kong: Against extradition law or Beijing?

Harini Madhusudhan

15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 70

Japan and Iran: Abe’s Peace Mission

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 69

India: Two Days, Two Neighbors

Sourina Bej

12 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 68

German FM Maas meets Iran's Zarif to discuss nuclear deal

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

12 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 67

India's New Priority: BIMSTEC, not SAARC?

Jerin George

12 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 66

China's First Orbital Sea Launch

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

12 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 65

China and Russia: Xi Jinping's Moscow Visit

Titsala Sangtam

12 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 64

Turkey’s S-400 deal with Russia: Why is the US unhappy?

Mahath Mangal

12 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 63

Hong Kong: China's Game Plan

Titsala Sangtam

8 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 62

India, US and the S-400: Threat of Sanctions

Raakhavee Ramesh

8 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 61

Sudan: Clampdown on Protestors

Lakshmi V Menon

8 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 60

Sri Lanka: Amidst Accusations of Islamist Ties, Muslim Ministers Quit

Lakshmi V Menon

8 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 59

Trump's UK Visit

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

2 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 57

Israel: Netanyahu fails to form the government, leading to fresh elections

Lakshmi V Menon

2 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 56

The US: Mueller is back, but refuses to clear Trump

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

2 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 55

US and Japan: Trump meets Abe, determined to strengthen relations

Harini Madhusudhan

2 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 54

EU Parliament Elections 2019: Divided Votes, Green Wave and Populism

Sourina Bej

31 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 53

Beyond the Kippa March in Berlin: Anti-Semitism in Europe

Raakhavee Ramesh

30 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 52

Russia: Kremlin rejects the ITLOS call to release the Ukraine Sailors

Titsala Sangtam

29 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 49

John Bolton wants a regime change in Iran. Donald Trump disagrees

Mahath Mangal

29 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 51

Austria: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s dramatical exit

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

29 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 50

Pakistan confers Nishan-e-Pakistan on Chinese Vice-President

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

26 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 48

Indonesia: Post-election violence

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

26 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 47

#YouthStrike4Climate: making history on Fridays

Harini Madhusudhan

26 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 46

Colombia: PM appoints an Independent Commission, as the Peace falters

Lakshmi V Menon

26 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 45

Brexit: Theresa May resigns fracturing UK politics further

Sourina Bej

26 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 44

1500 American troops to the Middle East

Seetha Lakshmi Dinesh Iyer

12 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 37

North Korea tests ballistic missiles: A warning in disguise?

Sourina Bej

12 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 36

US-China Trade Talks

Harini Madhusudhan

12 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 35

The return of violence and a ceasefire in Gaza

Lakshmi V Menon

5 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 34

Sri Lanka Attacks: Deepening fault lines

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

5 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 33

The Huawei Controversy in the UK

Harini Madhusudhan

5 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 32

Venezuela: Internal plot or external hand?

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

5 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 31

China changes its stance ban on Masood Azhar

Sourina Bej

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