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Russia and Pakistan - In your opinion, what opportunities and overlapping benefits...
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There are several forms of economic cooperation that can be discussed – energy, investment, financial, and commercial. The first one was described in answering the third question, and it’s that Russia’s construction of the North-South gas pipeline opens up future opportunities for the country’s state-owned energy companies in Pakistan, potentially going as far as making
Read Full ArticleChina wears the mediator’s gown in the Af-Pak by Salman Rafi
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China wears the mediator’s gown in the Af-Pak Despite a high-level meeting between Pakistan’s General Bajwa, and Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani, relations between the two countries remain largely troubled and uneasy. Nothing else can testify this tension better than the fact it is China once again that intervened to ease down tension and engage both coun
Read Full ArticleRussia and Pakistan - Besides cooperation in defense terms, what other areas of cooperation
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Besides cooperation in defense terms, what other areas of cooperation exist, or could be explored by Pakistan and Russia to further strengthen their bilateral ties? The significance of the incipient defense relationship between Russia and Pakistan mustn’t be understated because it forms the backbone of their developing rapprochement and serves as the most symbolic
Read Full ArticleRussia and Pakistan - Does Russia have a comprehensive policy towards South Asia
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Does Russia have a comprehensive policy towards South Asia, as it has remained more country-specific in the past? At this moment in time, Russia’s foreign policy in general is undergoing a transformation as Moscow transitions to a new paradigm of conducting its International Relations, which as described in the previous answer, is the fulfilment of what its leadership believes to be the c
Read Full ArticleRussia and Pakistan - A great shift has been witnessed in Pakistan-Russia relations lately
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Geopolitica.Ru is republishing the extensive interview on Russian-Pakistani relations that Andrew Korybko gave exclusively to Mr. Muhammad Taimur Khan of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI), and which was published in the July 2017 edition of The Diplomatic Insight. 1. A great shift has been witnessed in Pakistan-Russia relations lately. In your opinion, what ar
Read Full ArticleThank you Supreme Court - Sadly, Democracy is under attack
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The last few lines sums it ALL. Sadly, Democracy is under attack by Parliaments and Chief executives all over the world. Since 2008 and from prior to 1999 coup, we noticed chors and thugs reaching out to the highest order Same tragedy is happening to countries like India and USA as well. A declared terrorist was engineered to win the PM slot. The red haired creature in USA
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Trump’s Afghanistan policy President Donald Trump’s much touted Afghan strategy — which is a U-turn on his original views — is essentially a facelift of a tried, tested and failed formula. It is a surge, of sorts, backed by a rap on the knuckles for Pakistan (which remains an abiding and favorite scapegoat for US failures in Afghanistan). It is a sop to
Read Full ArticleThird country’s army’ could enter Kashmir at Pak’s request: Chinese media
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It’s the first time Chinese state media has brought Pakistan and Kashmir into the narrative. A “third country’s” Army could enter Kashmir at Pakistan’s request, using the “same logic” the Indian Army used to stop the Chinese military from constructing a road in the Doklam area in the Sikkim sector on behalf of Bhutan, an analyst at a Chinese think tank
Read Full ArticleFOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS - Accountability in Pakistan’s History
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Monday July 10, 2017 will go down as a day of some consequence for accountability in Pakistan’s history, and maybe its destiny. The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the PanamaGate case observed “significant gap/disparity amongst the known and declared sources of income and the wealth accumulated”. Levelling concrete accusations of tampering with document
Read Full ArticleThe CPEC Factor in the Chinese-Indian Relations
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The ambitious project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which has been repeatedly discussed in NEO, is gradually moving to the center stage in the troubled bilateral relations between the two Asian giants – China and India. It should be reminded that we are talking about the construction of transport (rail and road) infrastructure with a total length of almost 1,500
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