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India’s Naval False Flag Operations
A couple of weeks ago, Indian Customs officials claimed that they had detained a Karachi-bound ship bearing a Hong Kong flag, and declared that the vessel carried an autoclave, which could be used in the […]
Politics
Analysis
US-Afghan Taliban Peace Agreement and Complexities of Peace Building in Afghanistan
The US and Afghan Taliban have signed an agreement for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan on the Taliban’s commitment of no-use of Afghan soil against US and its allies. Conflicting parties have also […]
Politics
India’s Obsession with Pakistan
Pakistan has started to emerge as a responsible nuclear weapons state as a result of continuous improvement in its nuclear credentials. Yet Pakistan has repeatedly received criticism and propaganda about nuclear safety and security from international […]
Analysis
The Fragility of the U.S. – Taliban Peace Accord
Will the US – Taliban peace accord hold? The majority perhaps would respond with a vociferous ‘no’ while some with a nuanced ‘maybe’. The naysayers primarily belong to two distinct categories: first, those who firmly […]
Politics
Is Afghan peace a pipe dream?
The agreement signed between the US government and Taliban was a momentous step towards securing peace in war-ravaged Afghanistan. The date of the agreement—February 29th—is also significant since it is a fortnight short of the […]
Analysis
The Changing Demographics of India and Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK)
When one thinks of India, what comes to mind is a nation that houses one of the largest numbers of faith communities and languages across the globe. A nation that is entrenched with a rich […]
Analysis
Towards “The End of India”!
The recent riots in New Delhi have once again exposed India’s structural fault lines, posing a serious existential challenge to a country of more than 1.3 billion population that remains deeply divided based on religious […]
Analysis
What Price Freedom!
“It’s good when the oppressed fight for their rights – as long as they do it away from us.” The young lady who made this statement earned my gratitude for her compassion and her honesty. […]
Analysis
Reading the Peace Vision
Third-party initiatives to broker peace between Jews and Palestinians have had within them an embedded element of partiality toward one side. The Balfour Declaration, a letter written in 1917 by Arthur Balfour, the-then Foreign Secretary […]
Pak India Crisis 2019
The Kashmir Impasse
The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has been festering for over seven decades, ever since the two nations became independent countries in 1947. Two wars (1947 and 1965) and two serious skirmishes (Siachen and […]