Hillary Clinton has grasped what has long been the prickliest nettle in US diplomacy and directly linked Saudi Arabia to the funding of terrorism. Only a few weeks ago, the topic appeared taboo. “I’m not commenting,” was Clinton’s full stop to questions about whether to declassify official investigations into the Saudi role in the 9/11 attacks. And when Malcolm Turnbull put the question to Barack Obama last year, asking “aren’t the Saudis your friends?”, a…
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Last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a diplomatic journey, traveling halfway across the world with his top goal to garner support for his country’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). The plenary meeting of the group is expected to be held in Seoul, South Korea on June 24. The US and some NSG members have given a push to India’s membership bid, but the reported opposition from most countries, especially China,…