Achieving SDGs: Expanding scope of private sector

The private sector is an indispensable partner in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for any developing country. In developing countries, private sector operations constitute 60 per cent of GDP, while generating 90 per cent of jobs and 80 per cent of capital inflows in formal and informal sectors....

Can the US and Russia avert a new arms race?

Five long years have passed since US President Barack Obama proposed and Russian President Vladimir Putin unfortunately rejected negotiations designed to cut their excessive nuclear stockpiles by one-third below the limits set by the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).Since Russia's 2014 invasion of Ukraine, US-Russian relations have...