Waqas Jan

Jun 28, 2024 | moderndiplomacy.eu | Waqas Jan

Indonesia and Egypt are two notable countries building new cities, which are expected to be completed in the next few years or may take shape in the coming decade. Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital city, built by Greek Architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis in 1960, is the second new capital city in the world with Brazil’s Brasilia being built in the 1950s, which is the unique feat of both cities being built from scratch.

Oct 6, 2023 | moderndiplomacy.eu | Matheace Ramaputra |Waqas Jan |Bejoy Sebastian

Several countries overlooking the South China Sea, specifically China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Brunei, are disputing sovereignty over areas and part of it, but tensions in that region have escalated recently, due to American interventions, especially in the South China Sea, under the pretext of protecting its regional allies, such as Japan and South Korea and Philippines.

Oct 2, 2023 | moderndiplomacy.eu | Waqas Jan |Bejoy Sebastian |Khansa Alya Dalilah |Matheace Ramaputra

After the European Union, ASEAN (Association of the Southeast Asian Nations) is fast becoming a complete and holistic political and economic union, its most recent consensus on trade facilitation through custom clearance where all 10 ASEAN member states (AMS), signed the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) of their respective Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes. The ASEAN AEO MRA (AAMRA) is a step towards the ASEAN 2025 vision, to make the ASEAN economy well integrated and much bigger.

Oct 1, 2023 | moderndiplomacy.eu | Waqas Jan |Bejoy Sebastian |Khansa Alya Dalilah |Muwalliha Syahdani

After the European Union, ASEAN (Association of the Southeast Asian Nations) is fast becoming a complete and holistic political and economic union, its most recent consensus on trade facilitation through custom clearance where all 10 ASEAN member states (AMS), signed the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) of their respective Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes. The ASEAN AEO MRA (AAMRA) is a step towards the ASEAN 2025 vision, to make the ASEAN economy well integrated and much bigger.

Aug 10, 2023 | moderndiplomacy.eu | Yaroslav Lissovolik |Kester Kenn Klomegah |Waqas Jan

BRICS is a formal alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Its upcoming Summit is scheduled to be held on 22-24 August in Johannesburg, South Arica. BRICS host South Africa has invited 69 countries to attend the upcoming summit. The invitation has been sent to all African heads of nations and the Global South bodies. As the end of the Summit approaches, the world's attention is turning toward South Africa, where the BRICS Summit is set to take place.