On April 14, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. will withdraw troops from Afghanistan before September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. He also urged other regional powers – Pakistan, Russia, China, India, and Turkey – to support Afghanistan. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) followed Biden by announcing that it too will withdraw troops from Afghanistan by the same date. President Biden’s decision will end the U.S.’ ‘longest war’ but leaves Afghanistan at the mercy of a read more

Switzerland has the image of a placid and rather dull place. And Swiss banking can appear even duller. For decades the industry has had a reputation for the utmost of discretion and conservatism, although the bank secrecy protocol ended in late 2018, making it more difficult to hide undisclosed wealth. At the thought of Swiss banking, some people may think of “The Gnomes of Zürich,” a term of condescension for Swiss bankers first used by British Labour Party politician Harold read more

India’s strategic digital pushback against Chinese investments and apps has encouraged like-minded countries like the US, and some in Europe, to follow suit. Now it’s time to lasso the biggest Chinese domination tool – 5G, the umbrella under which apps, investments and soon governments could operate. This new technology from China should not be looked at in isolation, as simply the purchase of telecom technology read more

China quietly has created a significant place for itself in India in the last five years – in the technology domain. Unable to persuade India to sign on to its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has entered the Indian market through venture investments in start-ups and penetrated the online ecosystem with its popular smartphones and their applications read more