If you would like to receive Morning Brief in your inbox every weekday, please sign up here . Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: U.S. President Joe Biden pledges to defend Taiwan , a Russian diplomat resigns over the war in Ukraine, and Iran seeks revenge after a weekend assassination. […]
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How the West Lost Africa
If you would like to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: Tunisia ’s largest trade union calls a strike over wages, a politician in Algeria seeks to criminalize normalization of relations with Israel, and the Meroe pyramids in Sudan […]
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China Planning To Hunt Earth-like Habitable Planets In First-of-its-kind Mission: Report
As the space race between the US and China is picking up its pace, Beijing is now planning to launch a mission dedicated to searching for habitable Earth-like exoplanets- planets outside our solar system. If it gets launched, the project named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) would be the first-ever […]
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Beijing’s Abuses Are Laid Bare in Xinjiang Police Files
If you would like to receive Morning Brief in your inbox every weekday, please sign up here . Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we’re looking at the Xinjiang police files , Texas’s elementary school massacre , and North Korea’s missile tests . Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we’re […]
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South Korea’s Conservatives Aren’t Any Tougher on China or North Korea Than Liberals
The role South Korea’s domestic politics play in its foreign policy is often reduced a caricature. In international commentary, South Korea’s liberals are usually portrayed as anti-American and appeasing to North Korea, while conservatives are viewed as pro-America and tough on North Korea. With the emergence of authoritarian China as […]
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Chinese Visa Scam: ED Files Fresh Money Laundering Case Against Karti Chidambaram
In more trouble for Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, the ED registered a case against him under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. This is based on the CBI FIR pertaining to the Chinese visa scam. This development assumes significance as he is set to appear before the central […]