CURRENT AFFAIRS
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Sep- 2017 -1 September
FUTURE INVENTORS
A short walk from the White House, the steps leading up to a neoclassical building where Robin Williams once performed spill over with teenagers in bright
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Aug- 2017 -1 August
CLIMATE DISCORD
Standing in the Rose Garden of the White House on 1 June, President Donald Trump announced to Americans and
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1 August
INDO-CHINA RELATIONS
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Sri Lanka in May, a story emerged that a Chinese submarine was denied permission to enter the
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1 August
WAR ON GRAFT
American author and salesman Zig Ziglar once said: “We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to
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1 August
BUYING LOCAL
For many people, the ‘buy local’ movement may seem like another passing fad for the privileged. In the United States, it is
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1 August
FLUID STATE OF PLAY IN THE GULF
Entering the already murky waters of Middle Eastern geopolitics this year was the widening rift between a number of Gulf states (with Saudi Arabia at the forefront) and their erstwhile…
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1 August
SPLIT TIES: THE GULF IN CRISIS
The Arab world’s only trade bloc the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is at risk of disintegration following Saudi Arabia and its three allies announcing on 5 June thatthey have severed…
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1 August
GEOPOLITICAL QUAGMIRE
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, along with their allies including Egypt, cut all diplomatic ties with Qatar recently. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have also placed…
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Jul- 2017 -1 July
THE G7 SUMMIT
Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni – the host of this year’s G7 Summit held in Sicily’s ‘Pearl of the Ionian Sea’ Taormina – was joined by the heads of seven
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1 July
ANTI-IRAN FRONT
In his first diplomatic mission as President of the United States, Donald Trump hopped on a plane to travel to where some believe
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