Khashaf Sohail India and Israel have a deep rooted strategic partnership ever since the 1990’s. Initially, India did not recognize Israel in 1950 because India did not want to ruin its relations with USSR as USSR was at good ties with the Muslim states around Israel. So Israel …
Read More »Women’s Rights as Human Rights
Degum Burak Turkey’s human rights record has been on decline in recent years. Women’s rights issue is at the heart of this debate. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has withdrawn Turkey from the Istanbul Convention through a presidential decree issued last Saturday. The move shocked everyone as country has …
Read More »Playing US politics: Saudi Arabia targets Middle America
James Dorsey Amid Washington chatter about the future of US-Saudi relations, the kingdom has launched an unprecedented public diplomacy campaign to marshal business and grassroots support beyond the Beltway to counter anti-Saudi sentiment in the Biden administration and Congress. To do so, the Saudi embassy in Washington has …
Read More »The cordial relations between Israel and China, and the pervasive annoyance shown by the United States
Giancarlo Elia Valori Israel was the first of the Near and Middle East countries to recognise the People’s Republic of China in 1950, while diplomatic relations have been established since January 24, 1992. It is important to recall that the relations between Chinese and Jews are deeply rooted …
Read More »New Elections: Economic Recovery & SME Future
Humankind problems need humankind solutions. As 200 nations try to survive, 10,000 cities try to shine; some 100 nations are going to general elections in the next 500 days. The restlessness is visible; the screaming audible and pandemic damage incalculable. Only those incumbent political leaderships and their national …
Read More »Lebanon’s political deadlock: Multi-Layered Challenges to Government Formation
Elie El Khoury As the pandemic continues to constrain economic activity across the World, it has a multiplier effect on the free-fall of the Lebanese economy. In fact, Lebanon’s economic conditions continue to worsen, as the country’s economic, fiscal and financial crises remain unchecked, while consumer and investor …
Read More »India’s Diplomacy and Strategic Policy: Between the Two Roofs
Rantish Dwevedi India’s strategic policy and diplomacy, which has been defensive till now, is gradually becoming aggressive with the tenure of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. While Pakistan is on one side of India and China on the other side, its position is between the two roofs. While …
Read More »Egypt and Israel in the Mediterranean region
Giancarlo Elia Valori An interesting article by Israeli journalist Ophir Winter leads us to express some considerations on the role played by Egypt and Israel in the Mediterranean region. On January 15, 2020 Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz and his Egyptian counterpart, Tarek al-Mula, announced the start of the …
Read More »Coronavirus and fertility
Giancarlo Elia Valori During the epidemic most people in the world were and are still at home at home. Many experts and pundits predicted that fertility rates would increase, but indeed the result has been exactly the opposite. The coronavirus pandemic has an even greater impact on younger …
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