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

13 December 2020 | GP Short Notes # 451
Brexit: The trade deal may not come through

13 December 2020 | GP Short Notes # 450
Venezuela: Maduro consolidates his hold with a new election
1 November 2020 | GP Short Notes # 432
India and the US sign crucial defence agreements
4 October 2020 | GP Short Notes # 421
France: New bill to prevent Islamic Separatism
4 October 2020 | GP Short Notes # 420
The US: The First Presidential Debate
26 September 2020 | GP Short Notes # 419
South Asia: Finally, a SAARC meeting

12 September 2020 | GP Short Notes # 413
California: Wildfire continues to rage
12 September 2020 | GP Short Notes # 411
BREXIT: UK's new bill renews the tensions with the EU

5 September 2020 | GP Short Notes # 410
South Korea: The return of COVID and a Church controversy
5 September 2020 | GP Short Notes # 408
India- China border standoff at LAC: No consensus at sight
30 August 2020 | GP Short Notes # 407
Japan: Shinzo Abe announces resignation

23 August 2020 | GP Short Notes # 403
Greenland: The ice sheet melts at a record rate

23 August 2020 | GP Short Notes # 402
Coup in Mali: Plunging further into chaos
16 August 2020 | GP Short Notes # 397
Hong Kong: Media arrests under the National Security Law
2 August 2020 | GP Short Notes # 394
Vietnam: The second wave
25 July 2020 | GP Short Notes # 391
Global Nuclear Security progress has slowed

18 July 2020 | GP Short Notes # 387
UK's 5G Plans: In a volte-face, Britain bans Huawei

11 July 2020 | GP Short Notes # 382
Trump rules out Phase-two trade talks with China
23 May 2020 | GP Short Notes # 358
China announces National Security Laws on Hong Kong
9 May 2020 | GP Short Notes # 352
Iraq: Mustafa al-Kadhimi is the New Prime Minister
2 May 2020 | GP Short Notes # 346
Europe shows the way, but with a warning
25 April 2020 | GP Short Notes # 344
Israel: New Coalition deal keeps Netanyahu in power
15 April 2020 | GP Short Notes # 336
Afghanistan: 300 Taliban prisoners released
11 April 2020 | GP Short Notes # 332
The US accuses the WHO of being China-centric
8 April 2020 | GP Short Notes # 328
Syria: New UN Report on Idlib
8 April 2020 | GP Short Notes # 325
A lethal impact on the Refugee/Migrant Camps
8 April 2020 | GP Short Notes # 324
Indigenous Communities battle a complete wipeout
29 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 313
The UN Secretary General’s call to halt the conflicts
29 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 311
US: $2.2 trillion to stimulate the economy

29 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 309
4000 and counting: Spain observes a spike in death rates
25 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 308
Afghanistan: While the violence continues, US cuts aid
21 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 304
CoronaVirus: The US-China blame game
21 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 302
Afghanistan: 30 killed in two days
18 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 299
China: Fall in numbers

18 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 296
Sri Lanka: With 43 cases so far, casualty number low
18 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 295
Nepal: In the second stage, cancels "Visit Nepal 2020"

14 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 292
Afghanistan: The US-Taliban deal under stress
14 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 291
Xi Jinping visits Wuhan, the epicentre of CoronaVirus

11 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 287
Two Presidents in Afghanistan

11 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 285
'Aurat March': A New beginning across Pakistan
7 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 284
Afghanistan: Is the US- Taliban deal collapsing?
7 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 283
Migrant Crisis between Greece and Turkey Escalates

7 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 281
Coronavirus cases cross 100,000
4 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 278
Syria: A Ceasefire hope in Idlib’s dynamic battle
4 March 2020 | GP Short Notes # 276
Sri Lanka withdraws from 30/1 Geneva Resolution
29 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 273
New Trade Talks in Europe: UK cautions a ‘No Deal’ to EU
29 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 272
Trump in India: Optics, Substance and Rhetoric
29 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 269
US and Taliban sign the long-awaited peace deal
22 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 268
Thailand: The Court dissolves the opposition party
22 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 264
Germany: Hanau shootings reveal the rise of racism in Europe
19 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 263
Climate Change Fallouts: Impacts the Bird population

19 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 262
Mexico: Femicide continues; so do the protests against it
19 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 260
Pakistan: Court convicts LeT founder Hafiz Saeed
19 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 259
Pakistan: Suicide terrorism returns to haunt Quetta

19 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 258
Afghanistan: The US-Taliban Seven Day Deal
16 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 256
Taliban agrees to a seven-day deal to reduce violence
16 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 254
General Election: Ireland turns Left, after decades
16 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 253
Coronavirus: Seven Weeks After
12 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 252
Israel: Violence in the post-Trump deal
8 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 248
The US Senate acquits Donald Trump
8 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 247
As the Coronavirus spreads, it impacts Southeast Asia more
4 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 246
Trump's Middle East plan gains mixed responses

4 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 245
New Delhi: Shooting in an anti-CAA rally
4 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 244
India's Northeast: Historic Bodo Peace Accord signed
4 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 243
Afghanistan: Continuing Violence
1 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 242
Finally, the BREXIT: The “UK Dream” comes true

1 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 240
UK and EU on 5G and Huawei
1 February 2020 | GP Short Notes # 238
Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan
27 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 237
Libya: Peace Summit in Berlin

27 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 236
Lebanon: A new government but crisis is worsening
27 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 233
Bangladesh's Burden and the ICJ verdict on the Rohingya

25 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 232
Lebanon: A new cabinet assisted by the Hezbollah
25 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 229
World Economic Forum: The 50th meeting at Davos

19 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 226
Pakistan: Suicide attack in a Quetta mosque claims 15 lives
19 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 225
Afghanistan: Taliban's Proposal to Reduce Violence

19 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 224
Honduras: Migrant Caravans pose a regional challenge
19 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 222
Tehran: Protests follow the Airplane shooting
18 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 219
Taiwan: DPP returns to power with a large mandate
18 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 217
Russia: Putin's New Democratic experiment

18 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 216
Myanmar welcomes Xi Jinping
11 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 215
Tehran calls for Indian mediation between Iran and the US
4 January 2020 | GP Short Notes # 210
6G Technology: China is an Early Bird

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