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AFGHANISTAN
Kabul govt, Taliban sign accord to move forward: Pakistan ..
Posted By Mariana Babur
Kabul govt, Taliban sign accord to move forward: Pakistan welcomes breakthrough in intra-Afghan dialogue ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed the announcement regarding the agreement reached on rules and procedures by the Afghan parties in Doha, which came about after months of negoti
BANGLADESH
The Teesta Quagmire: India’s Missed Opportunity?
Posted By Sayanangshu Modak
Amidst heightened border tensions between India and China, news that Bangladesh was considering moving ahead with extensive lending from China for management of the Teesta rive
PAKISTAN
Evaluating the state of nuclear danger in southern asia
Posted By Michael Krepon
The state of nuclear danger in Southern Asia, as elsewhere, depends fundamentally on the state of political relations between rivals. Rivals can and do cooperate as well as compete with each other. In an oversimplified way, we can measure the degree of competition and cooperation along two axes.
INDIA
Evaluating the state of nuclear danger in southern asia
Posted By Michael Krepon
The state of nuclear danger in Southern Asia, as elsewhere, depends fundamentally on the state of political relations between rivals. Rivals can and do cooperate as well as compete with each other. In an oversimplified way, we can measure the degree of competition and cooperation along two axes.
KASHMIR-RIGHS
WhatsApp transcripts: Onus now on world to take India to task, says FO
Posted By admin
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sunday hoped that following the release of WhatsApp transcripts by the Mumbai police, the international community would hold India accountable for its state-sponsored actions vitiating the environment and endangering peace and security in South Asia. “The reckless
NEPAL
Washington Provoking India to a War With China?
Posted By F. William Engdahl
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a recent video conference suggested that the US might move some of its troops from Germany to the region around India, citing growing US security concerns in the Asian region. Given the dramatic rise in tensions between India and China over disputed borders in the region of Nepal and Bhutan where several so
SRI LANKA
Who benefited from Sri Lankan tragedy?
Posted By Adeela Naureen
A devastating series of eight bomb blasts ripped through churches holding Easter services and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka on 21 Apr 19, killing nearly 300 people, including dozens of foreigners and injuring nearly 500. International media especially that of India are in the forefront in reporting that a local Islamist extremi
GLOBL
WhatsApp transcripts: Onus now on world to take India to task, says FO
Posted By admin
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sunday hoped that following the release of WhatsApp transcripts by the Mumbai police, the international community would hold India accountable for its state-sponsored actions vitiating the environment and endangering peace and security in South Asia. “The reckless
EDITOR'S PICK
Evaluating the state of nuclear danger in southern asia
Posted By Michael Krepon
The state of nuclear danger in Southern Asia, as elsewhere, depends fundamentally on the state of political relations between rivals. Rivals can and do cooperate as well as compete with each other. In an oversimplified way, we can measure the degree of competition and cooperation along two axes.
CHINA
INDIA 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW: PROTESTS, PANDEMIC, AND THE PRC
Posted By Tanvi Kulkarni
2020 will unfortunately be remembered as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like other countries, India has been grappling with the social and economic fallouts of COVID-19, on top of the public health catastrophe. Besides the pandemic, two other episodes dominated the India story in 2020: Delhi’s communal riots and the
