UK & Europe

United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Monday defeated Indian origin Rishi Sunak to become the successor of Boris Johnson. Trust received 81,326 votes compared to Sunak’s share of 60,399 votes in the elections for the Conservative Party leadership. Truss will meet the Queen for an invitation to form her government, as per the UK […]

The US Ambassador to Georgia has been trying hard to drag Georgia into the Ukrainian crisis to take the West’s side. This has been under two assumptions: 1. Georgia does not enjoy a good relationship with Russia post 2008 Georgian War; and 2. The EU had promised Georgia candidate status in the Union. One naturally […]

As citizens worry about rising prices, many fear they won’t be able to afford gas to heat their homes this winter “A lot of people will freeze,” says Barbara, grimacing. Barbara is a 70-year-old sculptor in Ruhland, a small town in what was once East Germany. The conversation is about climate change and Green policies, […]

Greek Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos revealed in February 2021 that Greece and Turkey had almost gone to war three times in the summer of 2020 due to the crisis with the Turkish Oruç Reis research vessel violating Greece’s territorial waters. Turkey’s aggression was quiet in the summer of 2021 as the country was in the […]

There are three questions about the Nupur-Naveen incident that are making rounds: 1. Were the Middle East and OIC response a result of a nudge by the USA? 2. Could New Delhi have responded in a better fashion? 3. Is there a bigger picture there somewhere? Let us try to address them one by one. […]