this century’s challenges

South-South relations are also strengthening, linking Brazil, South Africa, and India, among other interactions. ... India has strengthened its alliance with the United States, while also maintaining a somewhat independent stance. ..

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He further maintained that the country’s future looks promising, given the keen interest shown by Russia, China, India and many other countries for having legitimate economic ties with Iran. . ..

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britain, france, and germany ignore trump, look to trade with iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attends the ' Iran Regional and Global Prespective for 2019 New Delhi on January 8, 2019 - Iran will boost trade with India Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said January 8.SAJJAD HUSSAIN AFP Getty Images. ..

faultlines of a multipolar world

In contrast to China, neither India nor the European Union have been able use their economic weight to become as significant challengers to U.S. dominance. ... “war on terror,” however, and Pakistan’s central role in Afghanistan, has complicated any alliances, because Pakistan and..

steven pinker on the alleged decline of violence

On a planet with more than 7 billion people facing mounting ecological pressures, the increasingly savage global class war of the 1% against the other 99, and the “endemic undernutrition and deprivation” that afflicts billions of people even in “normal” times—to extend Amartya Sen and Jean..

a new way to look at the us in south asia

Within the broad considerations of ideological contest, American strategists of Cold War never understood the efficacy of the platform that India was building up. ... these can be juxtaposed with the racist, hierarchical and paternalistic attitudes and the lack of strategic interest..

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