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The writer * served as Executive Director, Global Policy Forum, from its foundation in late 1993 through the end of 2012. A Security Council meeting in progress. Credit: United Nations NEW YORK, Apr 12 2021 (IPS) - Commentators talk about a “new Cold War” between the United States and China. They sometimes conclude that the geopolitical rivalry between these two major powers has ruined the effectiveness of the UN Security Council through hostile vetoes and other barriers to Council action. In fact, however, damaging rivalry on the Security Council is nothing new. The Council has always...

Read Next This is the fourth article in the weekly series of Expert’s Opinion, where we talk to academics who study AI or other emerging technologies and their impact on society and the world. This week, we spoke to Trisha Ray, a graduate from the Georgetown University in Security Studies, who is currently working as an Associate Fellow at the Observer Researcher Foundation.  Analytics India Magazine caught up with Ray to understand India’s position on autonomous weapons and her views on LAWS.  AIM: Looking at the progress various militaries across the globe have made in developing LAWS...

Story highlights The same list, that has on its roll Pakistani terrorist nationals including Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. Many of them responsible for terror attacks in India, including the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks for which Islamabad has yet to take action. India has continued its focus on Afghanistan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) even as China once again played games at the top UN body. China, which is one of the Permanent Five or P5 members of the body, prevented India from heading the UNSC 1267 (ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida) Sanctions committee that l...

China stoops to a new low, blocks India's entry at key sanctions committee of UNSC China, which is one of the Permanent Five, prevented India from heading the UNSC 1267 Sanctions committee that lists international terrorists. It is not the first time China has created problems for India at UNSC. (File photo) Share Updated: Jan 12, 2021, 04:45 PM IST India has continued its focus on Afghanistan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) even as China once again played games at the top UN body. China, which is one of the Permanent Five or P5 members of the body,...

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