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Allegations over violation of human rights is fast becoming an easy way for nations to get back at each other For representational purpose only (Borrowed from the Devpolicy website)  It is like an eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth when America passed a resolution against China’s human rights abuses in Hong Kong. Simultaneously, China has responded back by trying to defame the US for assassination of the Iranian scientist. But the US is not feeling sorry for its in-your-face kind of behavior, each and every time. There are doubts if elect President Joe Biden can actually reverse the damage done by the Trump administration. There is no denying that China is to be blamed for its atrocious autocratic stand against Hong Kong residents and then minority Chinese Muslim community aswell.   The new way to get back at each other seems to be the human rights angles. As US points a finger at China and tries to defame it further, Iran is already planning to assassinate an Iranian-Swedish...

  Trump's era of stupid leadership is over as Presidential briefing comes to Biden  The White House has finally conceded defeat- it has allowed Joe Biden to take on the role of the more promising president that Trump has ever been. According to a White House official, the elect president will now start receiving the President’s official briefing. It has been three weeks since Biden was elected as the next president of United States along with Kamala Harris on the helm as the Vice President. The man is plausibly flawed and that makes him relatable with many Americans.  The daily briefings have still not started but the coordination for them is currently underway.  The good news is that this shows that finally the era of bad leadership has left the US, as Donald Trump actually took a long time to accept his defeat to Biden. It is worth noting that Biden was pulled down throughout 2019 by Trump over allegations of trumping favour with Ukraine over gas and powe...

European Union is taking pains to reconstruct a smell and fragrance experience from 16th to 20th century  Can you imagine a project spending that will preserve the historical smells of the world? The European Union is spending $3.3 million (€2.8M) on the Odeuropa project that aims at bringing back the nostalgia of the smells of various cultures alive. It is so important to learn from history; and it is a magical feeling to understand and know what some era could smell like and then appreciate how far we have come. Under the EU Horizon 2020 programme for the project, Odeuropa: Negotiating Olfactory and Sensory Experiences in Cultural Heritage Practice and Research, the European Union is engaging the Odeuropa to develop novel methods in sensory mining and olfactory heritage science to collect information about smell from multinational digital text and image collections . The team will also create an online encyclopedia mapping out European smells, along with narratives of thei...

With renewal of trade agreement with Canada, Britain has signed its second major partnership agreement in less than a month This is going to be a long-lasting friendship-Trudeau and Johnson renew trade agreement  Photo courtsey: The Star (Canada) Boris Johnson has a strategy in place;  and nothing is going to change his mind about his course of action. His latest movement is towards Canada. He is moving ahead to replace trade partner EU with the maple leaf country.  Canada has been so far, Britain's 12th biggest trade partner. With the trade agreement poised to be signed soon, Canada's position might just become stronger. Will this lead to Canada joining hands with Britain over its need for acquiring surplus Covid-19 vaccine, is something the political analysts feel is a possibility.  But Boris Johnson isn't going to extend a very long helping hand, unless it means strengthening Britain's position as a newly exited sovereignty from the European Union. The accord agre...

Macron does not feel a change of command will make a difference to American insensitivity Photo courtesy: www.thetelegraph.co.uk The French President Emmanuel Macron has said that it would be a foolish idea to really think that post Trump’s tyranny; US can be trusted on the thought that the EU bloc can actually underwrite the European security and defend its interests. In a nutshell, it just means that his faith when it comes to American administration will take a long time to rebuild, even if it means that the world is in awe of the to-be sworn in US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. In his message to the media, he has expressed a desire that the European Union should look at self-reliance a little more seriously. That means, French President  Emmanuel Macron  feels that European Union  should make efforts to develop its technology, international finance and defense capabilities and act independent off support from other nations, especially the US. EU...

The Abu Dhabi Strategic debate has nailed it completely- Biden’s coming might change the dynamics for the Middle Eastern nations’ relations with the West. It is not going to be a completely hot-cold relationship with the United States after all.   Biden is going to try to iron out the creases. The other important discussion centered on the Abraham Accord and the proper implementation of the same. There was definite consensus on dialogue between the signatories and other Middle East countries with a view to begin de-escalation of regional tensions.   However, the general thought is that both Israel and Iran will not gain too much out of this changed situation. The Biden presidency might not acknowledge the skewed peace treaty signed on the behest of Trump to favour Israel. There is reason therefore for Iran to fear about its geopolitical security, as Israel’s position now looks jittery.   Iran should have kept its line of communication clear with the Middle Eas...

Whether Netanyahu will be able to continue to smile under to be appointed American PM Joe Biden is something one will have to wait and watch  The victory of Joe Biden over Donald Trump may be bringing a smile to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's face. But this might not mean that Netanyahu will be able to steer the Israeli boat into the homes of Palestinians after all.  The good days and favour that he has shared with Trump over Trump's four year disastrous presidency term has come to an end. Biden has a tough task at his hand- redo and also somewhere bandage many relationships that have been wounded by Trump's irresponsible governance and immature leadership. Biden comes with the great background of having served with Mr. Obama. He has therefore learned the art of negotiation and knows how to keep the masses together. In his presidency, he will probably not be seen making the mistakes Trump made. Trump was out to meet one agenda over the expense on other agendas, disbalancin...

  It is more in the pandemic times that we need to make educating the girl child as a top most priority Photo courtesy: The Diplomat website The pandemic has affected different people in different ways. But everyone has been affected. But on the worst receiving end has been children of all age groups and strata of society. Children, especially the girl child is running the risk of dropping out of schools in many parts of the world.  Right to education is a fundamental right and cannot be denied to the girl child either. But the real truth is that most of the times, girls are marginalized and denied this simple right to them.  Girl child education is not given priority in many countries and the Asia Pacific is no exception to this trend. With Covid-19 making formal and physical schooling a challenge, these children do not access to virtual learning either. In most cases, there are financial limitations at play. Many of these girls comes of households where there ...

Coming election, one can only hope the spell breaks and a Joe Biden kiss of good luck can save the sinking ship called America Photo courtsey: buzzpo.com It has not taken rocket science to understand that Mr. Donald Trump was a disastrous choice of leadership for the White House. His coming to power, makes one feel an uneducated India story has been replayed in the West. In fact, most of his vote bank comes from a background of people who are not aware of what is actually happening in the White House, but were taken in by his charisma and hard hitting words full of promises of a rosy future.  The damage that has been done to the American spirit is going to be irreversible- it has taken the badge of honour of being a super power has fallen off. It will only taken some very sound leadership to bring back the lost glory of America.  Mr. Barack Obama was revered for his sensible, and sometimes courageous decision making that had given America a balanced strong hold it needed. A co...