- 18 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securitynato
Russian warships curb tilts Turkey to West, risks Russia’s ire
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's pledge to block some Russian warships from passing through its waters to the Black Sea during the Ukraine crisis could…
G7 leaders to hold call on Monday with NATO and EU chiefs -Italy
ROME (Reuters) - Leaders from the Group of Seven major industrialised nations will hold a call at 1615 GMT on Monday with the secretary general of NATO, European Union chiefs…
Turkey to implement pact limiting Russian warships to Black Sea
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -NATO member Turkey changed its rhetoric to call Russia's assault on Ukraine a "war" on Sunday and pledged to implement parts of an international pact that would potentially…
NATO chief calls Putin alert order irresponsible, cites ‘dangerous rhetoric’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's move to put Russian forces on high alert is dangerous and irresponsible and adds to the Russian leader's aggressive pattern involving Ukraine, NATO Secretary…
India’s Nuclear Policy – Advocating No ‘No First Use’
The Ukraine crisis has re-ignited the nuclear weapon debate once again. India’s most pervasive nuclear ‘news’ involved two breakthrough events – the nuclear tests of 1974 and 1998. The latter,…
By Jay Maniyar
UK leads drive to exclude Russia from SWIFT banking network
London, Feb 26 (PTI) The UK government is leading the charge in Europe to exclude Russia from the worldwide SWIFT banking network, as part of tough sanctions designed to deliver a…
US slaps individual sanctions on Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Washington, Feb 26 (PTI) In a rare move, the US has slapped sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, holding them "directly responsible" for Moscow's "unprovoked…
Momentum grows to ban Russia from SWIFT payment system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada, the United States, Britain and the European Union on Friday said they could act to exclude Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system in a…
NATO making more deployments in east after Russian invasion
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO leaders said on Friday they were deploying more troops to eastern Europe after Russia invaded Ukraine, saying that Moscow had lied about its intentions. "No one…
Russia bans UK airlines in tit-for-tat move
London, Feb 25 (PTI) In a retaliatory move over UK's ban on Russian flag carrier Aeroflot, President Vladimir Putin on Friday imposed a ban on British airlines from landing in Russia…
Ukraine Invasion : What the West Needs to Do Now
With the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has overstepped an important line. The west sat by and did little when Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 and annexed Crimea in…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
NATO leaves Black Sea exposed as Russia invades Ukraine
By John Irish, Robin Emmott and Jonathan Saul BUCHAREST (Reuters) - When Russia attacked Ukraine, the nearest naval vessel of a major NATO ally was in the Mediterranean. The last…
