Paris, Toronto (17/9 – 37) The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats “were actually held hostage in the French embassy” during the emergency following the military junta coup…
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G20 Summit: India Must Forge FTA With UK and EU for Connectivity Corridor to Work, Says Arvind Panagariya
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesNoting that the economic corridor will help the Indian economy boom, Panagariya emphasised that forging FTAs will make the process of creating the corridor quicker India must forge Free Trade…
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Indonesian Presidential Election: The Nahdlatul Ulama Factor
Brussels (07/09 – 14.29) Anies Baswedan has become the first Indonesian presidential candidate to make his vice-presidential nominee official by his selection the past weekend of Muhaimin Iskandar from the…
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Tajikistan: Enlistment-Dodging Pushes Military Recruiters to Use Devious Methods
Copenhagen (17/08 – 78) Kidnapping, intimidation, and blackmail are just some of the means used to hit enlistment quotas in Tajikistan. When conscription season comes around in Tajikistan, military recruiters…
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Russia Sanctions UK Politicians and Journalists
by Flynn Owenby Flynn OwenRussia has banned 54 British nationals and people working for UK organisations from entering the country in retaliation for UK sanctions on its citizens, its foreign ministry says. They include…
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Europe Backs Kazakhstan’s Efforts To Sidestep Russian Influence
On June 20, after meeting with Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced Germany’s recent endorsement of Kazakhstan’s efforts to create alternative trade routes and transport…
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Tajikistan: The Destruction of Democracy
Frankfurt, London (12/08 – 80) It seems that the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has become a hostage to its investments in Tajikistan. In mid-July, the Prosecutor’s Office of the…
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Borealis Foods to Go Public by Fourth Quarter 2023?
Frankfurt, Brussels (30/7 – 27) Kenges Rakishev, international entrepreneur, philanthropist and former special envoy of the Kazakh government, is leading the charge for an upcoming Nasdaq listing of Borealis Foods…
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Tajikistan’s Pamirs: A Perfect Political Storm on the Roof of the World
by Keegan Rossby Keegan RossBerlin (25/7 – 16.67) The table is set for the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast to remain a geopolitical hotspot. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), eastern Tajikistan, is the home to the Pamir…
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Tony Blair was Warned of ‘Appalling’ Attack on UK after 9/11
Tony Blair was warned there could be a UK terrorist attack “even more appalling” than 9/11, declassified government documents have revealed. Days after the 2001 US attacks, the then prime…