Two leading European Union countries are both under severe internal pressures -- France with its fourth Prime Minister in 2024, and Germany facing a snap poll that will take place in a particularly challenging global context. The proximate cause of Germany’s political difficulties was its support for embattled Ukraine, when Mr Scholz instructed finance minister Christian Lindner to ignore the …
Published : Jun 26, 2024 11:00 IST - 4 MINS READ Krishnan Srinivasan, a former Foreign Secretary, has, after retirement, diverted himself and thousands of delighted readers with stories of criminal investigations by a low-key and soft-spoken Somali diplomat based in Kolkata, Michael Marco. After setting out Marco’s activities in five earlier books, Ambassador Srinivasan has paired him with a …
