US, Iran let hopes shape their future — not hurts
July 2 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani (R) with EU envoy Enrique Mora who will shuttle between the US and Iranian sid...
G7 counter to China’s Belt and Road initiative faces commi...
July 2 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
US President Joe Biden and G7 leaders have rebooted the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), initially proposed...
Nato clinches Turkey deal to include Sweden and Finland in...
July 2 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (second from left) shakes hands with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan (third from left)...
Do not expect Biden's Saudi Arabia visit to work miracles
June 30 ,2022
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By: Vandana Hari
Gas prices over the $5 mark are advertised at a gas station in Encinitas, California, on May 9: Drawing a straight line between Bid...
G7: Cracks in Western unity on Russia
June 30 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
A show of unity, as G7 and European Union leaders met, Schloss Elmau, Bavaria, Germany, June 27, 2022
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With drone gift to Ukraine, Turkey's Baykar wins fans and...
June 30 ,2022
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By: Sinan Tavsan
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China doubles down on vision with Russia
June 18 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
The most animating template of the West’s “information war” lately against Russia is, perhaps, its distorted projecti...
U.S., Taiwan set to hold strategic dialogue this month: so...
June 14 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday; Taiwanese air force pilots run p...
Japan's helicopter carrier embarks on 4-month Indo-Pacific...
June 14 ,2022
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By: Ken Moriyasu
The JS Izumo at Yokosuka, Japan, on June 5. The ship is officially classified as a multi-purpose operation destroyer b...
China and Australia break diplomatic drought with ‘frank’...
June 14 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles (left) meets his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogu...
Ukraine spillover dominates discussion at Singapore securi...
June 12 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein speaks during a panel at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 11. &nb...
China's Wei slams U.S. 'smears,' Taiwan independence 'delu...
June 12 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
China's Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 12. © Re...
Perfect economic storm buffeting Biden
June 12 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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China and Singapore to resume military exercises, cooperat...
June 10 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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Creating cold war conditions in Asia isn’t easy
June 10 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Military equipment given by Japan to Ukraine being loaded in an aircraft at Yokota US Air Force Base, Japan (File photo)
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Is Russia inching towards victory in Ukraine’s Donbas regi...
June 10 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Ukrainian service members in the Donetsk region prepare shells for an M777 howitzer near a front line on June 6 [File: Stringer/Reute...
Why the US is ranked weakest among liberal democracies in...
June 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Graffiti of the US flag. Photo: Flickr/Jason CC BY 2.0
Defending democracy has suddenly become one of the central challenges of ou...
The US is heading for a civil war
June 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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Biden tweaks Ukraine narrative
June 5 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
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Ukraine is a millstone around Europe’s neck
May 31 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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Negative views of Russia mainly limited to western liberal...
May 31 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
In Asia, a majority of people were against cutting economic ties with Russia over Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. ...
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