India and the South Caucasus
The South Caucasus region (which comprises Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) has been receiving the attention of the European Union (EU), Russia, Turkey and Iran, Pakistan and India since the disintegration…
Armed with drones, Turkey explores African arms sales
Armed with battle-tested drones, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been deepening defence ties with African countries ahead of a major gathering of the continent’s leaders in Istanbul. The two-day…
WHO-backed vaccine hub for Africa to copy Moderna shot
Efforts to develop an African base for COVID-19 vaccine production will focus on trying to replicate Moderna’s shot, but a lack of progress in talks with the US company mean…
North-South pipeline: some proposals
A new gas transmission pipeline to transmit imported RLNG from Port Qasim to Lahore is under active discussion; it is even implementation for the last six months. The project was…
Pakistan and Africa: the common thread
The strategic and resourceful importance of Africa for developed and developing nations around the globe is immense. An existing fact remains is the benefit colonial powers such as Britain and…
Out of Africa
What truly matters is not that an author of African origin has finally won the award [Nobel Prize] after the Academy’s neglect of Africa for nearly fifteen years. The last…
Unrest in Africa
The frustrations and indignities that drove young and middle-aged South Africans to loot and engage in destructive behaviour over the past week are fairly old. If the troubling scenes that…
Biden and South Asia – Part I
US President-elect Biden’s administration will be faced with a number of mounting challenges at home and abroad to restore the buoyancy and lost ego of the sole superpower at the…
Locusts the latest curse of East Africa weather extremes
Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme weather swings and could prove catastrophic for a region still reeling from drought and deadly floods, experts said…
Locusts the latest curse of East Africa weather extremes
Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme weather swings and could prove catastrophic for a region still reeling from drought and deadly floods, experts said…
