I thank the Tunisian Institute of Strategic Studies for inviting me here today. Tunis is the city where, 700 years earlier, Ibn Khaldun was born. H
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Read More »Members of the strategic communality, Distinguished participants, Excellencies, Members of the media, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure to
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Read More »Mei factsheet [Note: Unlike other democracies, India does not adhere to the 30-year principle of declassifying official papers. More than six decades
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Read More »Speech of His Majesty King Abdullah II on the occasion of Arab Revolt, Army Day and Coronation Day, Amman, Jordan, 12 June 2011 (Official translati
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Read More »Unanimously adopted by the Security Council at its 6491st meeting, on 26 February 2011 The Security Council, Expressing grave concern at the situa
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