Editor’s Note The worsening Afghan situation has Pakistan worried. The spill-overs from Afghanistan can further destabilise an already fragile situation in Pakistan. The looming threat from... Read more
The US withdrawal, as announced by President Joe Biden, commenced on 1 May. The US will complete it by 11 September this year. It is currently handing over its bases and responsibility to th... Read more
India’s growing participation in the QUAD as also its increased proximity to the US is being dubbed as India losing its strategic autonomy. India has also been blamed for making other forums... Read more
Editor’s Note Khalilzad has been retained, as of now, by the Biden administration. Is that a reflection of continuity in the US policy for resolving the Afghan issue? Is it based on an old D... Read more
Editor’s Note India’s relationship with GCC countries has witnessed a substantial swing in the past few years. A similar change has been witnessed with major players in the region like Saudi... Read more
The Chinese have slipped in the battle for influence through the instrument of COVID-19 vaccine. Their narrow vision, constrained by overemphasis on economic gains, has lost out to an obviou... Read more
Editor’s Note Less than a decade back, the recognition of Israel by the UAE and Bahrain was perhaps unimaginable. Did all these happen without the House of Saud giving it a nod, albeit from... Read more
Pakistan has commenced fencing both its volatile borders; Iran and Afghanistan. For this it spends money it had earmarked for China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, forcing it to... Read more
Trump called off the US-Afghan peace talks post an attack in Kabul, which claimed twelve lives including two soldiers, of which one was an American. He stated to White House reporters, “As f... Read more
Editor’s Note The umbilical relationship between foreign policy and military capabilities is often lost sight of in resource allocations by countries as they try and balance growth and natio... Read more
