The editorial committee of the Wall Street Journal published this week an article on Free Asia Radio and the value that its relationship brings. The opinion entitled “An American retirement in the war of ideas” says: “”Radio Free Asia A An annual budget of $ 60.8 million and reached around 58 million people per week. The cost is without consequence in relation to the value of the news which questions the accounts of autocratic regimes. »» Read the piece WSJ Complete here: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/radio-free-asia-radio-liberty-donald-trump-elon-musk-ronald-reagan-902c37
Author: Frank M. Everett
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2024 was an eventful year for missile technologies in South Asia. India has carried out a total of 14 missile tests, including cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missiles. At the beginning of 2024, in March, India tested An Agni-V missile equipped with multiple independent target return vehicle technology (MIRV). In November, India tested A long -range hypersonic missile, becoming one of the few countries to have technology. Between the two, he also led a Test launch From the launching missile of the K4 submarine (SLBM) and deployed it on Ins Arighaat. India has also tested an improved version of the Nirbhay…
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Following the ban on poppy culture in Afghanistan imposed by de facto authorities, the Taliban, in April 2022, the production of opium was plunged by an estimate 95% By 2023, from 6,200 tonnes in 2022 to 333 tonnes in 2023. The poppy fields were reduced by 233,000 hectares to 10,800 hectares. However, three years since the ban of the Taliban, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), announced last week that the Opium Prix of Afghanistan had been increased tenfold – $ 75 at $ 750 per kilogram. The increase in prices is not surprising. A classic economic…
Last week, my friend Shabana invited me to a small gathering of friends in her house. These parts, small rallies, are the only option that remains for women in Afghanistan to have a little fun: we can bring together and speak and have fun with each other inside a house. At the time, it was the end of the year in Afghanistan. This year, March 21 is Nowroz, which marks the start of the new year in Afghanistan – including the school year. During the rally, then, everyone was talking about school and the situation of women and girls in…
In international policy, influence is rarely carried out through soldiers for power alone. The nations that successfully shape global accounts and public opinion do so by handling culture as an instrument of diplomacy. For India, a country with one of the most diverse cultural ecosystems in the world, this tool has been underused, which limits its strategic awareness. Cultural diplomacy is not only an artistic or academic exercise; It is A way to strengthen geopolitical links, to create economic opportunitiesAnd thwart foreign accounts that question India’s global position. If we look at history with the right objective – not as…
Zhanar Sekerbayeva, co -founder of the feminist organization based in Kazakhstan, Feminita, was decree February 28. A few days later, on March 3, another feminist activist, Aktorgyn Akkenzhebalasy was detained. Both were accused of having participated in a peaceful demonstration in 2024 demanding a perpetuity imprisonment for the former Minister of the Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev, who brutally murdered his wife Saltanat Nukenova and was sentenced to 24 -year prison sentence. Their arrests highlight the continuous abolition of feminist activism in Kazakhstan, where the authorities frequently hinder efforts to solve gender problems. Feminist activism in Kazakhstan faces systemic barriers of both…
Washington makes unexpected openings in Moscow. In February, the United States opposite A United Nations resolution which condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and reaffirmed the territorial integrity of Ukraine. A week later, Washington interrupted The delivery of all military aid to Kyiv. This seven -day gap between the United Nations vote and the stopping aid has marked a dramatic pivot in American foreign policy – which seems to report a transition from Russia’s confinement to a rapprochement with Russia. At the heart of this change is a calculated effort to lead to a corner between two of the greatest…
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