Episode 14: Europe’s Colonial Legacies Indonesia was the first country to proclaim its independence after the Second World War, setting in motion a significant chapter of post-colonial history by doing so. In his latest book,
Revolusi, Belgian cultural historian and prolific author David van Reybrouck examines the Dutch East Indies’ past and places it in a global context. A five-year project spanning over 200 interviews with living eyewitnesses, he tells Olga and Hugh why he undertook it, and how (spoiler alert: even the dating app Tinder helped him out). In both his new book and his previous volume on Belgian colonial history,
Dec 21, 2020, 17:06 PM IST
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov raising question over the Indo-Pacific and QUAD, top Russian diplomats in Delhi have said that Moscow does understand India s national concept on Indo-Pacific but sees QUAD as detrimental due to lack of inclusivity.
Russian Envoy Nikolay R Kudashev said, As far as the Indian ocean initiative, raised by PM Narendra Modi, we have no problem with Indian vision. We offer a unifying agenda a concept of larger Eurasian partnership which could and we should bring two ends together, the Russian vision, the Chinese vision, the Indian vision. The alternatives are the lines of division.
Understand India s take on Indo-Pacific but Quad lacks inclusivity: Russia
Russia s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov had earlier raised questions over the Indo-Pacific and the Quad and termed them anti-China. While China sees the Indo-Pacific and the Quad suspiciously, Moscow is not keen on it either. (File Image)
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Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 08:31 PM IST
In the backdrop of Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov raising questions over the Indo-Pacific and the Quad, top Russian diplomats in Delhi have said that Moscow did understand India s national concept on Indo pacific, but sees the Quad lacking in inclusivity.
Russian Envoy Nikolay R. Kudashev said, As far as the Indian ocean initiative raised by PM Modi, we have no problem with [the] Indian vision.
Dec 20, 2020
The storm over a cyberattack on U.S. government agencies only helps Russian President Vladimir Putin’s image at home as a strong leader unafraid to confront the former Cold War enemy, even as the Kremlin denies involvement amid fears of a backlash when Joe Biden enters the White House.
“Inside the country it bolsters the authorities’ prestige,” said Andrey Kortunov, head of the Kremlin-founded Russian International Affairs Council. “Outside Russia, it only deepens mistrust and this creates risks” by stoking hostility in Washington and other Western capitals, he said.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became the highest ranking U.S. official to link Moscow to the attacks, saying in a radio interview on Friday that Putin “remains a real risk to those of us who love freedom.”