Media reporting around preparations of COP30 climate summit is worrying. COP30 is the 30th UN-led Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
As summer sets in, India braces for yet another season of extreme heat. Forecasts indicate that this year will bring more intense heat waves, with several states expected to experience a significant rise in the number of scorching days.
China’s latest military exercises in the East China Sea represent more than just routine drills ~ they are a direct message to Taiwan and the broader international community.
In our ever-evolving global landscape, society, culture, and civilization extend beyond anthropocentric perspectives, encompassing a broader organic framework that includes both flora and fauna and synanthrope.
How is the situation of women’s rights and their role as bridge-builders today, connecting between the multilateral and local settings? A recent seminar at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), hosted by its International Studies Center, elaborated upon the situation in a world witnessing tumultuous changes.
As Kim and Xi adopt increasingly aggressive foreign policies, the question arises, what do the new divided U.S. government and Republican control of the House of Representatives mean for America’s relations with South Korea?
While Abe's death sent shockwaves throughout the world, this also revealed a dark side of Japanese politics as many lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are not only members but also patrons of the UC. This malaise has spread so deep that it has affected the lives of many common men as politicians patronise the UC and use the donation money on projects that go against the interests of the citizens and the nation.
The protests are exceptional because defiance of state authority is rare in China. They are now widespread, for even the filtered flow of information out of the country suggests that thousands may have taken to the streets in cities as far apart as Urumqi, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Nanjing, and Beijing to voice their anger.
The protests at the site of the Vizhinjam port project have acquired both social and religious overtones with Catholic priests joining locals to block access to the project site. The protestors, largely local fishermen, say construction of the port is causing coastal erosion and depriving them of their livelihoods. The Adani group has obtained an order from the Kerala High Court asking that construction be allowed to re-start.
For China, India is an adversary that it must suppress prior to challenging the West. After all, India is the US’s close ally in both Asia (Quad) and I2U2 (India, Israel, UAE, and the US) in West Asia.
