GP Short Notes

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19 December 2022 | GP Short Notes # 688
The Bahamas: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrested
19 December 2022 | GP Short Notes # 687
The US: Rekindling relations with Africa at Leaders Summit

6 December 2022 | GP Short Notes # 684
Jiang Zemin and his Legacies
6 December 2022 | GP Short Notes # 683
Taiwan: Local elections present unanticipated outcomes

30 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 681
Putin's address in the Valdai Club" Four Takeaways
30 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 680
Elon Musk's Twitter deal
23 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 679
The UK: Liz Truss' resignation spins political chaos

16 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 677
UN deems Russia’s referendums illegal
13 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 676
China: UNHRC proceeding on Xinjiang
9 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 675
Trade and Statistics Outlook 2022-23: Four takeaways

9 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 674
OPEC: The curious case of OPEC's production cuts
9 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 672
Reducing Inequality Index 2022: Three Takeaways
2 October 2022 | GP Short Notes # 665
The new DART Mission: A new era of planetary defence
29 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 669
Iran: Protests spark against hijab rules
25 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 664
Putin and Russia's New Ukraine Strategy

22 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 668
EU's food waste 2022: Three takeaways
18 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 663
Sweden: 2022 elections reflect political polarization
18 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 662
SCO Summit 2022: Who said what

16 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 666
Global Estimates of Modern Slavery 2021: Six takeaw
16 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 665
North Korea: New legislation hinders denuclearization talks
16 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 664
Ukraine: Counteroffensive in Kharkiv and Kherson
11 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 661
Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina’s State visit to India

11 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 659
Russia: Military exercise Vostok 2022
8 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 658
The UN report on Xinjiang: Four Takeaways
1 September 2022 | GP Short Notes # 656
Iraq-Al-Sadr Withdraws, Protests Intensify
7 August 2022 | GP Short Notes # 653
Sri Lanka starts bailout talks with IMF

31 July 2022 | GP Short Notes # 651
Tunisia: Referendum paves the way for one-man rule
24 July 2022 | GP Short Notes # 649
Putin’s meeting with Khamenei and Erdogan

17 July 2022 | GP Short Notes # 648
Elon Musk Versus: 'Twas a troll after all
3 July 2022 | GP Short Notes # 643
NATO 2022 Strategic Concept: Four takeaways
26 June 2022 | GP Short Notes # 639
Saudi Arabia: Rapprochement with Turkey
26 June 2022 | GP Short Notes # 638
Europe: Approving Ukraine's candidature for the EU
8 May 2022 | GP Short Notes # 635
EU: New sanctions on Russia
24 April 2022 | GP Short Notes # 631
Russia: New nuclear-capable ICBM test
17 April 2022 | GP Short Notes # 629
Elon Musk and the battle for Twitter

10 April 2022 | GP Short Notes # 627
New actions and sanctions on Russia
28 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 625
Europe: The new focus on defence

28 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 624
The G7 Summit: Focus on Russia and Ukraine’s defence
20 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 622
China: A careful strategy on Russia and Ukraine
13 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 620
China: Fifth Session of the 13th NPC
13 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 619
Ukraine: The Versailles declaration of the EU leaders
6 March 2022 | GP Short Notes # 617
Sanctions against Russia: Effects and Divides

12 February 2022 | GP Short Notes # 614
Quad summit in Australia: Focus on the Indo-Pacific 
12 February 2022 | GP Short Notes # 613
The One Ocean Summit: A framework toward conservation

5 February 2022 | GP Short Notes # 612
Escalation and de-escalation in the Ukraine crisis
29 January 2022 | GP Short Notes # 610
The Normandy Format: Europe, Russia and Ukraine
15 January 2022 | GP Short Notes # 609
Mali: Tensions escalate as ECOWAS imposes sanctions

15 January 2022 | GP Short Notes # 608
Kazakhstan: Russia, China and the protests
15 January 2022 | GP Short Notes # 606
India, China 14th round of military talks in Ladakh
8 January 2022 | GP Short Notes # 605
The US: Remembering 6 January

21 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 208
Judiciary awards death Sentence for Musharraf in Pakistan
21 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 205
The House of Representatives impeach Trump in the US
15 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 204
The US plan against Mexican Cartels
15 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 203
COP-25: Another failure in addressing the Climate Change
15 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 202
Greta Thunberg is TIME's person of the year

15 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 201
UK: Boris Johnson wins big, gets the BREXIT mandate
15 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 200
ICJ: Suu Kyi defends the indefensible
7 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 199
Spain: COP 25 begins in Madrid
7 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 198
Iran: The protests continue

7 December 2019 | GP Short Notes # 197
NATO at 70: Brain Dead and Jaws Dropped
30 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 196
London attacks: A reality check on radicalisation
30 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 195
Iran protests: Thousands arrested
23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 193
Russia Releases Ukrainian Vessels
23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 191
Mass Protests in Iran
23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 190
The awakening in Chile: A stride towards a new constitution

23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 189
Protest in Georgia over constitutional reform
23 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 188
Sri Lanka: Return of the Rajapaksas
16 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 187
Hong Kong: Violence reaches a new high
16 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 185
Brazil: Leaders meet for the 11th BRICS Summit
16 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 184
Bolivia: Political crisis over elections
11 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 183
US-China Tariff Rollback: Yes, sorry no…  
11 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 182
Hong Kong: Xi Jinping’s display of faith in Carrie Lam

11 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 181
India refuses to sign the RCEP 
11 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 180
Iran’s Uranium enrichment: A new phase in the Middle East
3 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 178
Lebanon: PM Hariri quits, but protests continue

3 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 177
ISIS after Baghdadi
3 November 2019 | GP Short Notes # 176
UK Elections: A delayed Brexit; divided Parliament
27 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 173
Brazil’s mysterious oil spill 
19 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 170
Hong Kong Violence: A divide within

19 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 168
Spain: The trouble in Catalonia
19 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 167
Turkey's Offensive in Syria
12 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 165
Ecuador: Protests force the Government to shift capital
5 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 161
UK: Boris Johnson announces a Brexit roadmap
5 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 160
Iraq: The Protests Now
5 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 159
Hong Kong: A tipping point, as a teenager gets shot
5 October 2019 | GP Short Notes # 158
China: Celebrating 70 years

28 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 157
UK: Parliament uproar over Boris Johnson’s language
28 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 156
US and Japan: A limited trade agreement
28 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 154
The UN Climate Action Summit: No Action Plan yet

28 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 152
Afghanistan: A successful election, despite a low turnout
21 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 151
Climate Change protests ahead of the UN Summit
21 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 149
Afghanistan: Taliban’s deadly strikes
21 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 148
Israel: No clear winners in the elections
14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 147
An Amazon in the East: The Forest Fires in Indonesia
14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 144
"Glory to Hong Kong": Protesters' New Anthem
14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 143
US: Trump sacks his National Security Advisor John Polton
14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 142
Suspension of the British Parliament

14 September 2019 | GP Short Notes # 141
Israel: Netanyahu plans to annex West Bank after elections
31 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 140
Italy: Experiments with a new coalition
31 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 139
Huawei vs Google: The Saga Continues
31 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 136
G7 Summit: Cold responses and little outcomes
24 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 134
China to impose sanctions over US-Taiwan F-16 deal

24 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 133
Italy: Political turmoil as the PM resigns
24 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 132
Brexit: No backing out on backstop deal
24 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 130
Brazil: The fires in Amazon goes global

17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 129
UK: Iranian oil tanker to be released amid US hold 
17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 128
Jammu and Kashmir: The UNSC meeting
17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 127
Israel: US Congresswomen's visit denied 
17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 126
The Pacific: Islands Forum fails to evolve a consensus

17 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 125
Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Presidential candidate
10 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 121
North Korea: Cyber theft of  $ 2 billion
10 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 120
Hong Kong: China issues a strong warning
10 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 118
J&K: India revokes Kashmir’s special status

3 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 117
North Korea launches its third missile in a week 
3 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 116
US Withdraws from the INF Treaty
3 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 115
The Netherlands ban Burqa
3 August 2019 | GP Short Notes # 113
Trump imposes new tariffs on China
27 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 108
In the Gulf, new tensions between Iran and the UK
20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 106
Pakistan Airspace Reopens after five months

20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 105
US excludes Turkey from the F-35 program
20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 103
US House blocks Trump's Saudi arms deal
20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 102
ICJ verdict: Kulbhushan Jadhav gets consular rights 

20 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 101
Myanmar: US-led  sanctions will not go far
8 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 100
Iran to breach nuclear stockpile threshold
6 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 99
East Asia: Trump crosses Korean Demilitarized Zone
6 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 97
Hong Kong: Civilian Protests takes violent turn
6 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 96
Libya: Attack on Migration Centre kills 60
6 July 2019 | GP Short Notes # 94
Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed charged of terror financing

29 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 93
G20 Summit 2019 in Japan: Early takeaways
29 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 90
ASEAN Summit: A new outlook on Indo Pacific 

29 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 89
Hong Kong Protests: Expanding the Goals?
25 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 87
Protests in Georgia
22 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 86
Iran: Trump calls off the Strike after getting

22 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 85
Xi visits North Korea
22 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 84
Hong Kong: The Protests Escalates Further
22 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 82
Nigeria: The Triple Suicide Bombing

18 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 79
Russia's expanding  Footprints in the Arctic
18 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 78
Xi's Visit to North Korea

17 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 77
Botswana lifts the hunting ban on African elephants
15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 75
Sudan: African Union suspends membership
15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 74
The SCO Summit 2019: Narendra Modi in Bishkek

15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 73
The Gulf of Oman: Attack on Oil tankers
15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 72
Sudan: The Military orders crackdown
15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 70
Japan and Iran: Abe’s Peace Mission

15 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 69
India: Two Days, Two Neighbors
12 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 67
India's New Priority: BIMSTEC, not SAARC?
12 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 66
China's First Orbital Sea Launch

12 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 65
China and Russia: Xi Jinping's Moscow Visit
12 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 63
Hong Kong: China's Game Plan
8 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 62
India, US and the S-400: Threat of Sanctions

8 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 61
Sudan: Clampdown on Protestors
8 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 59
Trump's UK Visit
2 June 2019 | GP Short Notes # 56
The US: Mueller is back, but refuses to clear Trump
26 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 48
Indonesia: Post-election violence
26 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 47
#YouthStrike4Climate: making history on Fridays
26 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 44
1500 American troops to the Middle East
12 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 36
US-China Trade Talks
12 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 35
The return of violence and a ceasefire in Gaza

5 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 34
Sri Lanka Attacks: Deepening fault lines
5 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 33
The Huawei Controversy in the UK
5 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 32
Venezuela: Internal plot or external hand?  
5 May 2019 | GP Short Notes # 31
China changes its stance ban on Masood Azhar


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