South Asia: a new beginning
Will Biden’s inauguration as the 46th US president turn a new page for one-third of humanity condemned to perpetual penury of thought and means by its leadership? The peace dividend…
Will Biden’s inauguration as the 46th US president turn a new page for one-third of humanity condemned to perpetual penury of thought and means by its leadership? The peace dividend…
In its pursuit of its anti-China policy, the Trump administration typically turned a blind eye to the unilateral annulment of Article 370, revoking Kashmir’s special autonomy and the Modi government’s…
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…
Those familiar with the systematic attack on agriculture in South Asia over the last decades will not be surprised at the ongoing farmers’ protests in India. It could have been…
India, which once carried the responsibility of anchoring peace and development in South Asia, has gone exactly the reverse. The reason has not been a conscious departure from the Nehruvian…
The novel coronavirus is a pandemic that is affecting every country and region around the globe. The detrimental effects of this virus will be felt for years to come. Just…
Adil Ahmed Dar triggered an unintended and unprecedented chain reaction in the history of the two nuclear-armed states in South Asia. The Indian air raid deep into Pakistani territory and…
“Apart from containing the virus and dealing with the economic crisis, our biggest worry now is the people dying of hunger," said Imran Khan, prime minister of Pakistan in a…
Europe and Asia are geographically one land mass, British geographer Sir Halford J. Mackinder maintained as far back as 1904that whoever controlled the Eurasian heartland would control the world. Soon…
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spent four days in East Asia trying to keep on the rails key relationships - two friendly, one adversarial - that his boss President Donald…