Russia’s ‘priority’ friendship with China, beyond raises concerns over regional insecurity
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Foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the United States — a grouping known as the "Quad" — met in Tokyo on Monday for talks expected to focus on maritime security and initiatives to build up cyber defenses.
One uses the word “potentially”, for West Asian politics and the deeply embedded hostilities and discord that criss-cross the region are a minefield for peacemakers and conflict resolution professionals. Palestine is arguably by far the most difficult and intractable issue in the regional framework.
India has refrained from directly criticising Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while urging the two nations to resolve their conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.
NEW DELHI -- India is looking to strengthen its economic ties with Russia even as its longtime ally faces Western sanctions over the Ukraine war. The two countries have set an ambitious bilateral trade target of $100 billion by 2030, up by 50% from the current $66 billion.
VIENTIANE (Reuters) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized Beijing's "escalating and unlawful actions" in the South China Sea at a summit on Saturday, while his Russian counterpart said Washington has stoked anxiety with its plan for a nuclear deterrence with ally Seoul for the Korean peninsula.
Orchestral music as a plea for peace is not a new idea. The 95-year-old Pablo Casals played his “Song of the Birds” before the United Nations in 1971, and Daniel Barenboim continues to conduct the West-East Divan Orchestra, scheduled for the BBC Proms in London on August 11.
This can be seen in South Korea’s offensive military strategy, known as the “three-axis system”. This involves a pre-emptive strike on North Korea’s nuclear arsenal and missile facilities, targeting its air and missile defence systems and attacks aimed at eliminating the North Korean leadership. This strategy only works if South Korea can develop sophisticated conventional military weapons that can fire with precision from long range and do massive destruction.