Focus: Indo-Pacific | 2nd May 2024

A slew of initiatives was launched last week to reduce tensions between the West and China and across the Taiwan Straits. During the much-anticipated visit by the US Secretary of State to Beijing President Xi Jinping said the US and China should be “partners rather than adversaries”. The two countries continue to stabilize rocky relations […]

Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | May 2024

I Overview   Pakistan: Political Situation Economy Terrorism Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Pakistan- Iran Pakistan-India Pakistan-US   Afghanistan: Repressive Rule Continues  Eid Message of the Taliban Supreme Leader  Impasse on UN Proposals Afghanistan-Pakistan Afghanistan-India Afghanistan-Iran   II Developments in Pakistan   Political Situation   Harbouring widespread resentment at the rigging of the February elections and the continued […]

Latin America & Caribbean Review | Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | May 2024

Political Developments   Haiti went on the boil again in early March. Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who took office after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021 by Colombian mercenaries, was abroad finalising an agreement for a 2000-member police force from Kenya. The UN Mission having withdrawn years ago, the blighted nation saw an […]