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Brics expansion: six more nations are set to join – what they’re buying into

Bhaso Ndzendze August 28, 2023

Brics is a nebulous entity. This has proved beneficial for member countries hosting Brics summits. They get to set the agenda and use it for their ends – without upsetting the consensus. One common pattern has been the use of summits to set overarching themes that are favourable to the host country’s domestic policy and regional leadership or foreign policy stance.

By Bhaso Ndzendze

Africa Diplomacy & International Relations FEATURED Politics

Africa is being courted by China, Russia and the US. Why the continent shouldn’t pick sides

Bhaso Ndzendze August 24, 2023

Some three decades since the end of the Cold War, the world order is undergoing a structural transformation. At the heart of it is the challenge posed to the hegemony of the US. This is primarily being led by Russia and China which are discontented with Washington’s excesses across the global stage. The African continent is an obvious contender for major power courting as this realignment takes place, writes Bhaso Ndzendze.

By Bhaso Ndzendze

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The Global South is on the rise – but what exactly is the Global South?

Jorge Heine July 9, 2023

The unwillingness of many leading countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to stand with NATO over the war in Ukraine has brought to the fore once again the term “Global South.” One thing is for sure: The Global South is flexing political and economic muscles that the “developing countries” and the “Third World” never had, writes Jorge Heine.

By Jorge Heine

Diplomacy & International Relations FEATURED Politics

New EU-UK trade deal has promise for Northern Ireland and US as well

Kimberly Cowell-Meyers April 5, 2023

A new trade agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom, which left the EU in 2020, could have finally found a way to safeguard peace in Northern Ireland after Brexit reignited old tensions. There is an element of U.S. foreign policy at work here, too. The U.S. was key to negotiating the 1998 agreement, and successive administrations have championed it as the only way to a sustainable peace.

By Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, Carolyn Gallaher

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NSF greets Prime Minister of India with demonstration over Indo-Naga conflict amid new government swearing-in ceremony

Compiled by ICNA March 8, 2023

What could have been a successful demonstration to the world of how India created Nagaland as a full state under the Union of India, with the Prime Minister of India in Kohima for the swearing-in ceremony of the new state government, was cut short due to reminders and a peaceful demonstration carried out by the powerful Naga Students’ Federation (NSF).

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Brics expansion: six more nations are set to join – what they’re buying into

Bhaso Ndzendze August 28, 2023

Brics is a nebulous entity. This has proved beneficial for member countries hosting Brics summits. They get to set the agenda and use it for their ends – without upsetting the consensus. One common pattern has been the use of summits to set overarching themes that are favourable to the host country’s domestic policy and regional leadership or foreign policy stance.

By Bhaso Ndzendze

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Expansion of Oil Palm plantations in Northeast India: a disaster in the making

Rupa Chinai March 27, 2023

The economic advantages of oil palm cultivation are publicised without warnings about changes in land tenure, the environmental impacts, labour costs, the use of chemicals and the depletion of water resources, and the fact that oil palm is simply unsuited to Northeast India’s terrain, climate, ecology, available infrastructure, and the culture of the region.

By Rupa Chinai & Dr. Ravi Chellam

Economy & Business Energy & Environment Eurasia FEATURED

Sanctions on Russia are increasing, not decreasing, its revenue

Noha Razek October 20, 2022

The European Union has just approved new sanctions against Russia, including a price cap on oil sales, following the United States’ Sept. 30 announcement of new economic sanctions. Both announcements are in response to Russia’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine. However, because there are still countries willing to purchase Russia’s petroleum products, sanctions are increasing Russia’s revenue, not decreasing it.

By Noha Razek and Brian McQuinn

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Photos and Videos: Naga Peoples’ Rally in Southern Naga Homeland

Compiled by ICNA August 9, 2023

The Naga people held the Naga Peoples’ Rally for Resolving Indo-Naga Political Issue based on Framework Agreement in Southern Naga Homeland (now under the state of Manipur) on August 9, 2023, in all Naga district headquarters of Tahamzam (Senapati), Ukhrul, Chandel, and Tamenglong under the auspices of the United Naga Council (UNC).

By Compiled by ICNA