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Opinion: The great Indian cricket snub, and other diplomatic snafus
Countries, like individuals, can get their feelings hurt. Sometimes a rift between leaders can do damage to international relations in ways that neither country would wish. At other times incidents that have nothing to do with governments can get in the way. The latest example of the latter is the case of the great Indian cricket snub...
China casts nervous eye at erstwhile ally Myanmar
But behind the bonhomie and poems of friendship, China's relationship with its impoverished southeastern neighbor and erstwhile ally formerly known as Burma is deeply troubled.
Armenia warns of breakdown in Turkey reconciliation
Historic efforts to establish ties between Armenia and Turkey may break down, the Armenian foreign minister warned on Friday, blaming Ankara for obstructing the process.
Sino-Pak Friendship Caravan to visit China by road
Chairman Pakistan-China Institute Mushahid Hussain said that Pakistan-China Institute is the first non-governmental, non-party and non-political organization with equal number of experts, scholars and intellectuals from China and Pakistan. It is the first Pakistan-based think tank to promote, strengthen and expand Pakistan-China relations in different fields, he said.
“Internet freedom” and “smart power” diplomacy
If the double effect is to accomplish access to both moral high ground and pragmatism, then it could be perhaps an easy choice to take the so-called "freedom" to do empty rhetoric.
How Hugo Chavez’s revolution crumbled
While the world has been preoccupied with the crisis in Haiti, Latin America has quietly passed through a tipping point in the ideological conflict that has polarized the region -- and paralyzed U.S. diplomacy -- for most of the past decade. The result boils down to this: Hugo Chávez's "socialism for the 21st century" has been defeated and is on its way to collapse.
US commander says troop surge has made talks possible over Afghanistan
The US military's surge in Afghanistan could counter a resurgent Taliban and pave the way for a political deal that could end the war, Nato's commander in the country said today, before a flurry of diplomatic activity to find a way out of the eight-year conflict.
Hallyu, yeah!
An international phenomenon, hallyu is driving Seoul’s nascent but growing influence across Asia. South Korean popular culture rose from relative obscurity in the late 1990s when, after decades of draconian internal censorship came to an end in the 1980s, its television dramas began to be broadcast widely in China, Japan and South-East Asia.
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