Failures apart, UN rises as a vast humanitarian relief agency
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The United Nations which has failed to help resolve some of the world’s ongoing and longstanding civil wars and military conflicts — including the conflicts in Palestine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Western Sahara, Myanmar, Syria, and most recently, Ukraine — was rightfully challenged by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his riveting address to [...]
The promise and pitfalls of Indian foreign policy
NEW DELHI – Two episodes in the first week of June starkly illustrate both the promise of Indian foreign policy and the pitfalls it faces as a result of the country’s increasingly toxic domestic political culture. The promise lay in a response by India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, to a question posed by an interviewer [...]