BJP govt's shift from socio-economic development to frictional issues was increasingly rash and unruly

China deactivated the US agenda about Beijing seeking strategic and military control in the Asia-Pacific region

Trump’s Afghanistan strategy has audibly crumbled

The standoff between Iran and the US hasn’t unequivocally thawed

Afghanistan is no more on the US foreign policy’s top priorities agenda

The world is yet to see something substantial on New Delhi from the Trump administration and American Congressmen

The sales of the top-100 global arms suppliers and service-providing conglomerates rose by 4.8% to $420b in 2018

EU is China’s largest trading partner and China is EU’s second-largest

Gulf countries have seemingly grasped that spending billions on purchasing arms cannot guarantee regional peace

Despite reduction in violence about 2.1m children are out of school, 83% is living below the poverty line