Washington, June 6 (IANS) Senior US lawmakers and policy experts have issued a stark warning that Turkey is moving steadily away from democratic governance, with concerns mounting over political repression, judicial independence and the imprisonment of opposition leaders ahead of a key NATO summit in Ankara next month.At a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, lawmakers from both parties questioned whether President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government would allow meaningful political …
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Washington, May 16 (IANS) Former US Ambassador to India Richard Verma has warned that the US-India relationship is entering a difficult phase marked by tariffs, declining student visas and reduced clean energy cooperation, even as he described India as America’s “defining partnership” of the century.Speaking this week at the Council on Foreign Relations’ 2026 International Affairs Fellowship keynote, Verma said the relationship had expanded dramatically over the past 25 years but was now…
Washington, May 16 (IANS) The high-profile summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered symbolism and strategic messaging but produced few concrete breakthroughs, according to leading China experts at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).The experts said the Beijing summit helped stabilise tensions temporarily after last year’s bruising trade confrontation, but failed to resolve deeper disputes over Taiwan, technology controls, tariffs, rare earth miner…
New York, Feb 21 (IANS) US business groups, advocacy organisations and lawmakers welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs, calling the decision a reaffirmation of congressional authority and a relief for businesses.In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court determined that the executive branch exceeded its authority by invoking emergency powers to levy import taxes on most trading partners, declaring many of the previous year’s…
Washington, Feb 16 (IANS) Citing the recent election result in Bangladesh, a report has highlighted how Gen-Z protests, that have proliferated in various regions, failed to turn demonstrations into political success at the ballot box, or in policymaking. Writing for the American think tank Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Joshua Kurlantzick, Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia, noted the Bangladesh protests that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024 also were o…
Beijing/New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) China is failing to boost its population even after a decade of ending the stringent, state-enforced birth control policy that skewed its demographics, according to a media report.The one-child policy, officially enacted in 1980, was targetted at reining in China’s runaway population growth. As the country faced significant demographic challenges, the notorious policy was ended in 2016.Even after the landmark change — and several other measures to encourage cou…
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) The Trump administration framed the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro as part of a broader effort to reassert US dominance in the Western Hemisphere and push back against the growing influence of China, Russia, and Iran in Latin America.US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said on Fox News that the operation sends a clear signal to global rivals that Washington will no longer tolerate hostile powers embedding themselves in the region.“The Chinese are…