New permanent members in reformed UNSC should have same responsibilities, obligations as current ones: G4

By R Anil Kumar United Nations, May 20. Offering a “realistic” way forward on UN Security Council reforms, the G4 nations of India, Brazil, Germany and Japan have proposed that new permanent members in an expanded Council would not exercise veto pendin…

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The Navy Needs Precise Mass and Here Is How to Get There

Maintaining deterrence in the Indo-Pacific and around the world requires the U.S. Navy to change what it builds and how it fights. Sen. Roger Wicker observed in 2024 that the United States’ approach to fleet design and ship construction is &#8220…

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Xi takes thinly veiled swipe at Trump and hails China and Russia’s ‘unyielding’ ties as he welcomes Putin in Beijing

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping has taken a thinly veiled swipe at the US as he hailed “unyielding” ties with Russia – just days after Trump’s trip to China. The Chinese leader rolled out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin today as the two sought to underline the …

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