Trips for cooperation
In the midst of deteriorating relations and bitter friction, a flurry of high-profile American officials’ visits to China has been significant. This is a bold attempt to revive cooperation optimistically…
US military deals not enough to wean India off Russian arms yet
India’s multi-billion-dollar purchases of US arms are less about shifting its reliance on Russian defence equipment and moving towards the West - it’s more about developing its own domestic weapons…
Fears mount for the Arctic as cooperation with Russia stalls
For nearly three decades, the Arctic Council has been a successful example of post-Cold War cooperation. Its eight members, including Russia and the United States, have cooperated on climate-change research…
Iran-Saudi deal boosts hopes for more Gulf cooperation
Iran’s resumption of diplomatic ties with long-time rival Saudi Arabia has raised the Islamic republic’s hopes for improved security, economic and trade cooperation with its neighbours and within the Gulf.…
Iran-Saudi deal boosts hopes for more Gulf cooperation
Iran’s resumption of diplomatic ties with long-time rival Saudi Arabia has raised the Islamic republic’s hopes for improved security, economic and trade cooperation with its neighbours and within the Gulf.…
Operation Searchlight
In 1971 I was serving as a Grade2 staff officer (major) in the HQs of the 16th infantry division in Quetta, Balochistan. Due to the deteriorating law and order situation…
A year on, Ukraine’s embattled nuclear plant turned Russian ‘military base’
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant no longer produces electricity and serves solely as a military base for Moscow’s troops, the exiled mayor of the city of Energodar, which houses the…
China seeks Pacific islands policing, security cooperation
China will seek a region-wide deal with almost a dozen Pacific island countries covering policing, security and data communication cooperation when Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosts a meeting in Fiji…
S Korea steel giant POSCO weighs how to exit Myanmar military-backed venture
Giant South Korea steelmaker POSCO has begun reviewing how it might end a joint venture with a firm controlled by the military in Myanmar in the wake of the coup…
Some Afghan evacuees leaving military bases in US before resettlement
Something unexpected is happening at US military bases hosting Afghan evacuees: Many hundreds of them are simply leaving before receiving US resettlement services, two sources familiar with the data told…
