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Buffer states
A buffer state is an interesting concept in international relations and geopolitics. A buffer state is a country situated between two or more larger powers, often serving to prevent conflict between them. By existing in a strategic location, a buffer state can create a kind of “cushion” that separates rival powers and reduces the likelihood…
USA – USSR diplomatic relations
Recognition of the Soviet Union, 1933 Source of the following article – https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/ussr – US office of the Historian – Milestones Introduction On November 16, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt ended almost 16 years of American non-recognition of the Soviet Union following a series of negotiations in Washington, D.C. with the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Maxim Litvinov. Maxim Litvinov…
Belt and Road initiative (BRI)
Chinese project. Completed 10 years on 17th October 2023. Started in 2013. India not part of the project. India is against the construction of road under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which goes through Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK)
World Bank and the USA
The United States has significant influence in the World Bank. It is one of the largest shareholders and contributes to its funding. The exact number of votes or shares the U.S. holds can change over time due to various factors, but it generally wields substantial voting power in the institution, along with other major economies….
Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth, a free association of sovereign states comprising the United Kingdom and a number of its former dependencies who have chosen to maintain ties of friendship and practical cooperation and who acknowledge the British monarch as symbolic head of their association. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Commonwealth”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Dec. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Commonwealth-association-of-states. Accessed 10 January 2025. Britannica article about Commonwealth…