The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has a unique method of diplomacy known as the ASEAN Way, based on four principles: non-interference, quiet diplomacy, non-use of force, and decision making through consensus.=The principle of non-interference, considered the most important, necessitates that member countries do not interfere with …
Read More »Taking the India-Singapore Cyber Partnership Forward
On the sidelines of the recently concluded Special ASEAN-India Foreign Minister’s meeting, Singapore and India agreed on the need to give their relationship a new impetus. The two countries have a robust political and defence partnership with regular engagements. For India, Singapore has been the top source of …
Read More »Estonia’s national security concept
Divyanshu Sing The development of regional and global military cooperation is seen as one of the most important pillars of Estonia’s security strategy, while a concerted effort to domestic security focused on resilience and deterrence is seen as another. Considering Estonia’s defence plan mandates that country’s defence could …
Read More »China’s Sharp Power: The Confucious Institutes in Pakistan
Kuzaima Rahman Confucianism is a philosophical thought that is essentially based in social values, harmony, collectiveness and moral values. It began as a philosophical thought in 400 BCE China. Confucius lived through the time period when Zhou dynasty took over China and there was a warring state overall. …
Read More »McKinsey Poll: Most Europeans Switching to Cheaper Goods in Wake of Higher Inflation
Tim Korso French media outlet BFM TV has reported that consumers are opting for cut-price options in groceries, such as buying discounted products close to their… 30.05.2022, Sputnik International Europeans in five countries have altered their consumer patterns in the face of decades-high inflation levels which have become …
Read More »Soaring US Inflation & Looming Recession Are Bifurcating Democrat Support, Economist Says
Ekaterina Blinova US stock markets continued to plummet on 13 June on the prognosis that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates by as much as 0.75% this week after… 14.06.2022, Sputnik International US traders and investors are overwhelmingly betting that the Federal Reserve “will hike hard and …
Read More »The Dilemmas of the Global South
Yaroslav Lissovolik As new trade barriers and restrictions are emanating from the advanced economies there is a stronger case for the affected emerging economies to compensate these adverse effects via greater openness of markets across the Global South. Developing countries have in fact proceeded to liberalize their markets …
Read More »Contemporary Bourgeois Thought
What is the point of philosophy in a contemporary capitalist world dominated by destruction and where humanity has been pushed to the edge of the abyss? Ideologues of capitalism create an illusion that the ruling relation to reality is based on a certain way of thinking, that it …
Read More »Africa’s Economy and the New Global Order
Kester Kenn Russia’s “special military operation” that was approved by State Duma and Federation Council, and directly aims at “demilitarizing and denazifying” the neighbouring former Soviet republic of Ukraine has shattered the global economy. The Ukraine crisis and its adverse impact and consequences is squarely blamed on Russia. …
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