Analysis
KASHMIR – TIME TO END THE PAIN
Kashmir is a burning issue for over 70 years. It is still burning because of the mistakes made by the Indian leadership in the forties and since then no Indian leader has had the depth […]
Economy
Analysis
The Financialization of China & Emerging Policy Alternatives
In the modern global political economy, China plays a key role by being a major player in international commodity chains, global value chains (GVCs), international trade, and modern finance. In fact, according to expert estimates, China […]
Analysis
Neo-Bilateralism: Pakistan Avoiding a Catch-22
Pakistan has long remained under the radars of the great powers as a courtesy of her geostrategic and geopolitical significance. Since its inception, Pakistan has been swayed by the policy meddling of the external powers […]
Analysis
The Rise of China & the New Cold War
The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of the 20th century Cold War and created a unipolar world largely under the hegemony of the United States of America (USA). In the […]
Analysis
Tilt in South Asian Strategic Balance – Challenge for Pakistan
The size of the Indian Armed Forces has always been bigger in comparison to Pakistan. However, Pakistan successfully maintained the conventional balance in early years due to better training and technically advanced equipment. India’s buying […]
Analysis
The Civilians Living on the Edge: Ceasefire Violations on the Line of Control
On December 18, 2020, the public relations wing of the Pakistan Army shared that a vehicle of the United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) had been hit across the Line of […]
Analysis
Indo-US Entente and India’s Ambition to Assert Itself as a ‘Pole’?
As the world moves into a new phase of considered least stable multi-polarity, three great powers videlicet, the United States of America (USA), China, and Russia wrestle for sway at the global level. Although Russia […]
Analysis
Biden’s Middle East Policy
President-elect Joe Biden is confronted with several challenges that include continued tensions with Iran to the chaos in Libya and Syria, and from the domestic crisis in Iraq to the growing hostilities between Israel and […]
Analysis
Bracing for the New Year Challenges
While a new year always brings new hopes and aspirations, this is indeed a sobering start of 2021 with a multitude of challenges. At the dawn of the new year, countries across the globe are […]
Analysis
Protesting Farmers and the Indian Agrarian System
India’s farmers are witnessing a harsh winter, literally and figuratively, ever since the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government passed three farm bills in late September. Nation-wide protests and strikes have erupted across the country. […]