China looms large as a player in Central and South Asia where it continues to emerge not only as a major economic power, but also been more proactive in these regions in the last few years enhancing its security architecture. The rational for establishing a strong Chinese network in Central
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Two nations make history: America returns to Cuba
Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba is the first by a US president since Calvin Coolidge went in 1928. American investors, expat Cubans, tourists, scholars, and scam artists will follow in Obama’s wake. Normalisation of the bilateral relationship will pose opportunities and perils for Cuba, and a giant test of maturity
A government of, by, and for the slogan
At its recent meeting, the national executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party passed a political resolution, a passage of which read: ‘Our Constitution describes India as Bharat also, [hence] refusal to chant victory to Bharat is tantamount to disrespect to our Constitution itself. Bharat Mata ki Jai is not merely
From IS to RSS: Drawing parallels between Islamism and Hindutva
Patriarchy and bigotry have been the twin pillars of religious majoritarianism everywhere, and at all times. India is no exception. I have been reading Michel Houellebecq’s Submission, a novel set in the year 2022, when (in the novelist’s fancy) an Islamist party takes power in France. A character in the novel
A de facto Emergency?
In the aftermath of the events in JNU, the NDA is forcing every person intervening in the debate to first prove his/her nationalistic commitment. Not agreeing with the BJP discourse means that the person is anti-national. Three months ago, I jocularly argued in these columns (Our ‘liberal’ worries, December 18) that
Cyber spying is the new face of espionage
Posted by Canasiantimes on September 22, 2011 Mississauga-Erindale MP Bob Dechert with Shi Rong, right, the chief Xinhua News Agency correspondent in Toronto In the context of controversy surrounding Conservative MP Bob Dechert’s flirtatious email exchanges with a Chinese journalist Experts say all governments need better cyber vigilance -Ryan Charkow When many people think of
9/11 attacks – Conspiracies that weren’t
Posted by Canasiantimes on September 15, 2011 Like every major event, 9/11 has inspired a huge number of conspiracy theories most of which argue eveyone except AlQaeda attacked the US The September 11 attacks have spawned bestselling books, films and an indeterminate number of conspiracy websites run by “truthers” whose theories revolve
Terror Strikes New Delhi-Another black Wednesday in capital city of India!
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Dramatic Turnaround – Liberals widen their lead over Marios PQ
Posted by Canasiantimes on March 30, 2014 in Hot News, News | Comments Off Premier Pauline Marois is struggling to regain control of a floundering Parti Québécois election campaign amid signs the Quebec Liberal Party is widening its lead among voters in the final weeks of the election race and could