Diplomatic Pouch

China has become a strategic partner for many countries in the Middle East. China's role has expanded greatly with Chinese President Xi Jinping's announcement in 2013 of the Belt and Road Initiative, which is the cornerstone of the modern Chinese strategy.

Art Diplomacy, within the broadest context of Cultural Diplomacy, constitutes the central core of this article. The importance that Portugal currently gives to said types of Diplomacy warrants particular attention in this work. The emotional aspect of Art Diplomacy and its implementation are highlighted in this article, through exclusive interviews with Portugal's Consul-General in Newark and with the representative of the Camões Institute in that same U.S. city, taking into account not only immigrants comprising the Portuguese community together with people of Portuguese descent, but also American citizens.

South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) held a webinar entitled “Putin’s War on Europe – Where Lies South Asia?”. 

Re-calibration, contextualization, de-escalation By Alexander G. Savelyev, Olga M. Alexandria The strategic stability concept was created in the United States after it had become absolutely clear...

The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, was devoted to taking measures to further strengthen the social protection of vulnerable segments of the population.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an Order on 16 March 2022, indicating that “the Russian Federation should immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on 24 February in the territory of Ukraine”. This Order was made up under the Genocide Convention of 1948 [1], invoked by Ukraine to support its case.

Since its unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine, Russia has inundated the world with misinformation and disinformation in efforts to justify its military operations and to claim its strict observance of the rules of warfare.

Forum participant Professor Eddy Moors, Rector of the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, notes what he missed in the declaration.

On the prospects and growth points of the Republic of Karakalpakstan

Policy interventions for water related-challenges are largely shaped by two groups: water experts, equipped with technical knowledge, and diplomats, with a plethora of soft skills. However, while they work towards a shared goal, they inhabit two different worlds that seldom interact.