"We know 2/3 of world's population is not part of American sanctions. We need to reflect on that & decide." American official Daleep Singh

Every G20 Economy’s Top Export Market 🇦🇺 Australia -> 🇨🇳 China 🇧🇷 Brazil -> 🇨🇳 China 🇮🇩 Indonesia -> 🇨🇳 China 🇷🇺 Russia -> 🇨🇳 China 🇰🇷 South Korea -> 🇨🇳 China 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia -> 🇨🇳 China 🇿🇦 South Africa -> 🇨🇳 China 🇲🇽 Mexico -> 🇺🇸 U.S. 🇨🇦 Canada -> 🇺🇸 U.S. 🇯🇵 Japan -> 🇺🇸 U.S. 🇮🇳

After sinking Canada’s relations with India for NDP’s support to stay in power, Trudeau loses NDP’s support.

.Ursula von der Leyen promised to build a “real European Defence Union.” What does that mean? And what is feasible given political, legal, and financial constraints? In my new Munich Security Conference Analysis, I propose🔟to-dos for the EU's new leadership team: securityconference.org/en/publication… Kaja Kallas

“Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that China, India and Brazil could act as mediators in potential peace talks over Ukraine.” reuters.com/world/china-in…

Reading this right now – better than expected.

It’s amazing how Italy and Spain have become poorer despite hosting record numbers of international tourists.

“And Bangladesh is in safe hands with Sheikh Hasina at the helm only. India is captivated by this narrative. India needs to come out of this narrative. Bangladesh, like any other nation, is another neighbour," he said.” 2/2

Is he viewed, at times, in a deified and hagiographic way by some Anglo-American historians? Yes, but he is certainly not the ‘chief villain’ of WWII as recently insinuated. He did the best for his country – a colonising imperialist power indeed – and is a deserved British hero.

IR Book of the Week! "Rethinking the End of Empire" by Lynn Tesser. Independence is due to nationalist movements, right? Not quite. The internal movements that led to decolonization were varied. Independence was seen as a one-sized-fits-all solution. amazon.com/Rethinking-End…

BSF, Bangladesh's BGB held a sector commander-level border coordination meeting near Barsora Land Customs station in Bangladesh. The meeting aimed to strengthen bilateral relations, ensure better coordination, and address various border-related issues: BSF statement

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“We reached some major conclusions based on the facts. Hitler was very bad, we were the good guys, and Churchill, while a complex figure, certainly wasn’t the “bad guy” in the context of WW2.”

“KMP deputy commissioner (South) Tajul Islam told the media Wednesday night that the police assured the demonstrators of taking the boy to task through the court. But that did not quell the situation. The agitated mob beat up the boy.”

Can you imagine the President of India inviting the leader of the party that finished fourth in a general election to form a government? You can't. All said and done, this kind of knifing of people's mandate hardly happen in India. Macron did just that in France.

The party of Michel Barnier, the man appointed by Macron as Prime Minister, won just 5.1% vote in the French legislative election, whereas the winner of the election, the New Popular Front which won 26.9% votes, was ignored by Macron. It's democracy with French characteristics.