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International Court of Justice and Adjudication on Israel`s Military Operations in Gaza and Human Rights Violation

Based on the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) request for an advisory opinion on `Legal Consequences arising from Israel’s Policies and Practices in Occupied Palestinian Territory’, the principal judicial organ of the UN - International...

Multilateralism Digest: January 2024 - Issue 1

I. India in the UN India pushes for equitable status for Global South India to support the 3rd UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries II. Plurilateral Developments Russia assumes BRICS Presidency BIMSTEC gets an Indian SG Cabinet...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (01-07 January 2024)

Economic US becomes world’s top LNG exporter – Reuters The US emerged as the globe’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the global market in 2023, Reuters reported on Jan 03, citing tanker tracking and government data. Australia...

West Asia - in the Throes of a Disruptive 2023 and not so Different 2024

Even as the 2023 turned out to be literally the hottest year in history, West Asia continued to face the equally destabilizing heat in the old and new hotspots. The ongoing wars and conflicts do not portend well for 2024. Hence, more disruptions...

Perceptions and Prospects: Israel-Hamas Conflict

“History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” - Mark Twain Biblical descriptions record the divergent fates of Issac, the patriarch of Israelis and Ishmael, the prophet of Islam, both sons of Abraham. The confluence of places holy to...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (11-17 December 2023)

Economic Israel-Gaza war: Houthi attacks push shipping giants to pause Red Sea voyages Spiralling attacks on merchant ships by Houthi militants off the coast of Yemen have prompted widespread trade disruption with some of the world’s biggest vessel...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (04-10 December 2023)

Economic COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phaseout after OPEC pushback Countries clashed on Dec 09 over a possible agreement to phaseout fossil fuels at the COP28 summit in Dubai, jeopardizing attempts to deliver a first-ever commitment to eventually...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (13-19 November 2023)

Economic China receives U.S. equipment to make advanced chips despite new rules--report Chinese companies are buying up U.S. chip-making equipment to make advanced semiconductors, despite a raft of new export curbs aimed at thwarting advances in the...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (06-12 November 2023)

Economic Australian and Chinese leaders talk pandas and wine as ties improve despite disagreements The leaders of Australia and China joked about the relative cuteness of pandas and Tasmanian devils on 06 Nov in a largely symbolic meeting that...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (30 October-05 November 2023)

Economic China hunts for new industrial ‘pillars’ to replace a wobbly property market As China’s property sector – once a steadfast contributor to a sizeable chunk of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) – becomes a less reliable growth driver...

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