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Has China's Belt & Road Initiative lost its lustre?
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], August 27 (ANI): Almost ten years after the inception of China's ambitious Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), London- based NGO The Democracy Forum invited a panel of experts to an August 25 virtual seminar to discuss the gains and costs of this global project.
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China's PLA may have "complete capability" to attack Taiwan by 2025: Defen
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Taiwan's Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-chang expressed concern that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) would have the 'complete capability' to attack Taiwan by 2025.
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Pakistan's use of religion to establish legitimacy for state power takes c
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Pakistan's systemic use of religion to establish legitimacy for state power was a key talking point at The Democracy Forum's on Wednesday's virtual seminar, 'Making sense of Pakistan's Islamophobia syndrome', at which a panel of experts gathered to discuss
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How India keeps itself on Russia's right side, amid Ukraine crisis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): As the global community responds to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Democracy Forum hosted a virtual seminar on March 23, which shone a light on security in the Indo-Pacific region and the roles played there by three major world powers: America, India
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South Asia faces environmental watershed amid climate change: Experts
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], December 16 (ANI): South Asian region is facing an environmental watershed from rising sea levels endangering the Maldives and melting of glaciers affecting Nepal and Afghanistan to overdevelopment that threatens Tibet's vital ecosystem and destabilisation caused by climate-indu
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Amid growing heat from China, Lithuanian delegation arrives in Taiwan to a
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], November 29 (ANI): Amid an increase in the military threats from China, a parliamentary delegation from Lithuania landed in Taiwan on Sunday to attend the 2021 Open Parliament Forum.
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Democracy Forum discusses China's goal of controlling world by mid-21st ce
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], November 25 (ANI): London-based NGO The Democracy Forum (TDF) at a virtual panel discussed China's goal of controlling the world by the mid-21st century, titled 'Cold war or confrontation? Understanding China's global ambitions'.
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'Will the China-Russia relationship hold?' ask panel experts amid chaos in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): As fresh challenges emerge to America's superpower status, further fuelled by the chaos in Afghanistan, The Democracy Forum's (TDF) latest virtual event on global geopolitics and shifting power dynamics brought together a panel of experts, to analyse Sino-
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Parliament is temple of our democracy, forum to discuss, decide issues of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Noting that many sceptics thought democracy would not survive in India when India won Independence, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said that Parliament is the temple of the country's democracy and the highest forum to discuss, debate and decide i
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Why do people go into exile in Pakistan? Experts express concern over its
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], July 15 (ANI): Highlighting state-sponsored repression by Pakistan, experts at a recent seminar hosted by not-for-profit The Democracy Forum asked pertinent questions on why people in the Asian country felt the need to go into exile due to their political beliefs.
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Elections are indispensable root of democracy, says CEC Arora
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said here on Friday that democracy has proven to be the most enduring political system and elections are the indispensable root of democracy. He took over as Chairperson of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies
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Cross-border terrorism poses major threat in South Asia: Experts
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Jun 5 (ANI): Experts at a seminar titled 'Cross-Border Terrorism: Challenges in South Asia and its Neighbourhood', hosted by The Democracy Forum at the University of London's Senate House, opined that South Asia and its neighbours are facing growing threats from cross-border ter
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