Date: October 12, 2009
President Obama is a Super Star not simply because he sits in the most powerful office in the world. There have been many US Presidents before him who have been as powerful as he is because the post of the US President carries with it all that is necessary to make anyone who makes it to the Oval Office the most powerful man in the contemporary world.
Date: October 10, 2009
A few events have put Myanmar on international focus in recent days. Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein was in New York and addressed the UN General Assembly, the highest ranking General of Myanmar to address the world body since 1995.
Date: October 7, 2009
THE Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of November 2006, which laid the foundation of a temporary peace in Nepal and created a conducive atmosphere for the elections held in April 2008, has come to a standstill.
Date: October 3, 2009
At the time of writing this piece, the outcome of the first meeting between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran for the first time in 30 years scheduled for the 1st of October in Geneva was not known.
Date: September 29, 2009
THE credit crunch and financial meltdown have severely mauled the rich countries over the past two years. With massive doses of public funding the banks and financial institutions in the West have been kept afloat and rescued. Slowly, these economies seem to be emerging out of the dark tunnel of recession.
Date: September 27, 2009
At the end of her four-day official visit to New Delhi, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni and her diplomatic team managed to obtain a joint statement, which threw clearer light upon the various issues discussed and meeting of minds obtained for improvement of Indo-Bangladesh relations, as earlier disclosed in a press statement by the Bangladesh High Commission on September 8.
Date: September 26, 2009
THE historic elections in Japan that ended the LDP's 55 years long hold on power is set to bring about major changes in its foreign policy directions and objectives. During the elections domestic issues and the call for change captivated the attention of the voters. Foreign affairs did not figure prominently in luring voters to the DJP.
Date: September 19, 2009
WHEN Bangladesh became independent, the world was bipolar. Conducting foreign affairs was then relatively easy. One had to choose between the two super powers to assist small nations achieve their interests in international politics and more often than not, they obliged. At the time of liberation, Bangladesh joined the Soviet Camp to which India was aligned.
Date: September 18, 2009
The story of the world fascination with China began 2000 years back. It all started with a product that still symbolizes the relationship-silk.
Date: September 18, 2009
It was May, 1990. I cannot remember the date. The occasion is still fresh in my memory. The Ministry was according me a farewell on my posting as a Counsellor to our Mission in Washington. I had spent two months short of four years in the Ministry; the entire period as a Director, in the office of the Foreign Secretary. The length of the time I spent there is still a record. The other record of this unusually long stay at the post was the fact that I served five Foreign Secretaries in that period.
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