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Iran and Syria: Small Glimmer of Hope in a Bleak Scenario
Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, April 17, 2012
As of now, the slide down in West Asia towards war – both on Iran and in Syria – seems to have come to a fragile halt. The negotiations in Istanbul on Iran's nuclear enrichment have not ended in mutual recriminations as was expected but in a promise to meet again in Baghdad in 6 weeks time. In Syria, the brittle peace engineered by Kofi Annan is mostly holding, al beit with some breaches.
BRICS Summit: A Lot of Hot Air, Some Significant Steps
Vijay Prashad 30 March, 2012
Most of what was said at the summit of BRICS and in its Delhi Declaration, was hot air, as one has come to expect of such meetings. However there are at least two significant developments that set this summit apart.
Bo Xilai and the Ides of a long March
Srinivasan Ramani, 26-March-2012
Is Bo Xilai's downfall from his post in Chongqing a blow to the "New Left" in China?
“Disgusting” – Susan Rice, US Ambassador to the UN.
Vijay Prashad. Newsclick, Feb. 13, 2012
When the Moroccan resolution on Syria failed at the UN Security Council because of the double veto (from the Russians and the Chinese), the US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice proclaimed that it was “disgusting and shameful.”
UN's Syria Vote: Kings and Ex-Colonial Powers “Championing” Democracy
Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, Feb. 8, 2012
The Syrian crisis continues even though the attempt to have a Libyan-style solution through the Security Council failed with Russia and China vetoing this move.
Rhetoric Hides Failure in Durban: UPA's Bankrupt Climate Diplomacy
Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, Dec. 22, 2011
The current phase of climate change negotiations have now come to an end with the Durban Platform announcement of a new round of negotiations to arrive at a legally binding commitments for all countries by 2015, and implementation starting from 2020.
Summit? What summit?
Jayati Ghosh, Courtesy: IDEAS, Dec. 2, 2011
When the leaders of the G20 met in Cannes in early November, the global economy was clearly on the threshold of, if not already well into, another major financial crisis.
China Tightens Belt but Keeps Eye on Social Rifts
Simon Rabinovitch and Zhou Xin, Retuters, 5 March 2010
Wen told the country's parliament that China's economy faced a clouded international outlook in 2010 and would stick to a steady policy course this year, shifting tack if needed to counter the lingering impact of the global credit crunch.
China's Strident Tone Raises Concerns among Western Governments, Analysts
John Pomfret, Washington Post, January 31, 2010
China's indignant reaction to the announcement of U.S. plans to sell weapons to Taiwan appears to be in keeping with a new triumphalist attitude from Beijing that is worrying governments and analysts across the globe.
Newsmaker-Baidu Founder Rules China's Web with Pragmatism
Melanie Lee, Reuters, 19 January 2010
SHANGHAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - In the autumn of 1998, computer science engineer Li Yanhong developed Rankdex, an experimental search engine that ranked websites according to their relevance to each other.
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