Diksha Bharti

By Diksha Bharti The past decade saw the rapid conversion of the Arctic into a hitherto unknown polar region mainly renowned for its science experiments and polar journeys but today turned into an arena for increased geostrategic competition. While ice keeps melting at a shocking rate, a new geopolitical reality is unfolding, one in which …

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By Diksha Bharti U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping engaged in a formal telephonic conversation on April 2 in an effort to keep tensions between the two countries at a simmer. The discussions revolved around avenues of co-operation, including recent collaborative endeavours to address climate change and narcotics, based on the summaries …

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By Diksha Bharti Vladimir Putin extended his tenure as Russia’s president by winning the country’s election with over eighty-seven percent of the votes, according to Russia’s election commission. He easily defeated his closest challenger, communist candidate Nikolai Kharitanov, who secured four percent of the votes, positioning him to become Russia’s longest-serving leader in over 200 …

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By Diksha Bharti On March 4, 2024, Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan after the controversial elections of February 8th. Sharif is the younger brother of the three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and has served as prime minister once before, from April 2022 until August 2023, after Imran Khan …

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