The start of the New Year 2024 was distinguished by several wars in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East; human-caused environmental and climate change; and worries about democratic regression, economic …
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Silencing the Soil The farmers’ protests and democratic debate in India
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhA free and democratic society is demonstrated by personal property, freedom of religion and speech, citizenship, voting rights, freedom from unwarranted governmental deprivation of the right to life and liberty, …
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Strategic Alliances in Flux: AUKUS Unveiled in 2024
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhBy the time 2023 came to an end, the AUKUS Trilateral Security Pact—which unites the US, UK, and Australia—had seen significant developments. The international strategic community was surprised by the …
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North Korea’s Chessboard: Analyzing Strategic Moves For 2024
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhSince his diplomatic efforts with Trump collapsed in 2019 over disagreements over the amount of sanctions relief the North could receive in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear …
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Summits are, by definition, times of high politics and drama, so it should come as no surprise that the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden …
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Australia, Japan, and the Philippines have all urged the international community to begin talks on a convention that would limit the manufacture of fissile materials that can be used to …
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Renewable Energy: Importance for the global energy transition in 2023
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhInvestments in renewable energy are seen as essential to protecting the planet’s future, as the effects of climate change become more and more prominent. According to a report of the …
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Pakistan-China collaboration on Chashma 5: the way to sustainable development
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhPakistan and China have agreed to spend USD 4.8 billion to build a Hualong One reactor as unit 5 of the Chashma nuclear power project in Pakistan’s city of Mianwali …
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Since Pakistan gained independence on 14 August 1947, the relations between Turkey and Pakistan have grown based on a strong friendship and sense of brotherhood. The relationship will continue to …
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Fukushima nuclear plant water waste and Impact on sea life
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhFollowing clearance from the United Nations’ nuclear inspector for a controversial proposal that comes 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, Japan will soon start discharging treated radioactive water into …