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World Affairs
2024 US Presidential Election
White House race heats up with Joe Biden and Donald Trump all set for rematch
Between an “elderly man with a poor memory” and a twice-impeached tycoon, the US gears up for a vicious and drawn-out election in 2024.
Frontline News Desk
SOUTH ASIA
Can Pakistan’s fragmented mandate pave the way for a national charter of democracy?
Despite political crisis, historic voter turnout offers a chance for rival parties to unite behind democratic principles and curb military influence.
Nazir Ahmad Mir,
Muneeb Yousuf
Maritime Security
India’s balancing act: Navigating the evolving geopolitics of the Indian Ocean and the Indo-Pacific
As the Gaza war spills into Red Sea impacting trade and security, India navigates complex alliances and its own strategic interests in Indian Ocean.
Talmiz Ahmad
Indian Ocean Region
Indian Ocean: By the numbers
The Indian Ocean Region is at the centre of global commerce.
Talmiz Ahmad
Sri Lanka
Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa claims ‘foreign conspiracy’ ousted him in 2022
Gotabaya launches explosive memoir, painting himself as victim and stoking comeback rumours ahead of national elections.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
South Asia
A new anti-India campaign in Bangladesh puts Indian influence in focus
A group of Bangladeshis has launched an “India out” campaign that accuses India of interfering in its neighbour’s politics.
Deutsche Welle
AGRICULTURE
Angry protests: Why are French farmers so powerful?
Farmers in France wield a lot of political power, for historical and contemporary reasons. This poses certain risks.
Deutsche Welle
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How farmers’ protests in Europe and India share common ground
Farmers in both regions are fighting against urban bias in agricultural policies, and for a role in shaping a sustainable future for farming.
Pritam Singh
Is India attempting to restore its political equations in Sri Lanka?
The country’s recent overtures to the left-leaning Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and the Ceylon Workers Congress suggests so.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
Palestine, the touchstone for Western morality
The misshapen igneous wreckage of destroyed Gaza finds its parallel in Europe’s shattered pretensions and punctured claims to cultural pre-eminence.
Susan Ram
Africa’s biggest oil and gas finds are doing little for economies at home
The last thing Senegal needed in its long-drawn-out effort to capitalise on large oil and gas finds off its coast was political turmoil.
Bloomberg
Frontline On Air | India in the South Asian neighbourhood: Friendship or friction?
In 2024, three relationships will be closely watched: the US-China rivalry, the emerging India-US partnership, and India-China ties.
Rakesh Sood
What the UNRWA crisis means for Palestinian refugees beyond Gaza
The lifeline of Palestinian refugees across West Asia has been severed as UNRWA announces imminent shutdown of services.
Reuters
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: A force to reckon with
Loyal to the Supreme Leader at home, IRGC functions as an expeditionary force abroad through proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas, and Houthis.
Bashir Ali Abbas
Debate intensifies over scrapping of Free Movement Regime on India-Myanmar border
While the Centre wants to scrap it to curb crime and refugee movement, the people of Mizoram and Nagaland cite years of trade and socio-cultural ties.
Suwa Lal Jangu
Oil, aid, airspace: Arab leaders’ options to change the equation in Gaza
Arab nations are under pressure to act on Gaza. Radical measures have been suggested. But what can really be done?
Deutsche Welle
A second scramble for independence in Sahel
The recent spate of coups is seen as a relief for the people, breaking away from governments that were influenced by foreign powers.
Talmiz Ahmad
India-Maldives ties suffer unprecedented damage due to social media fracas
The result of the Male mayoral election, however, proves that anti-India rhetoric is not pre-eminent for Maldivian voters.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
Can Iran and Pakistan forge a new strategy to quell Balochistan unrest?
A history of bloody crackdowns, foreign meddling, and unaddressed grievances hangs heavy as regional powers seek uneasy alliance against insurgents.
Iftikhar Gilani
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