- 26 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityNeighborhood
Sri Lanka’s Crisis – Not Just About the Economy
Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis. In a remarkable display of anger, thousands of protesters disregarded government curfews, rampant military and police presence…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Pakistan’s Likely Reprieve from FATF: What Next?
Pakistan, suffering from its longest spell in the Grey List of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force), can finally hope to get out of it which is partially responsible for…
By JK Tripathi
Double Standards with Chinese Characteristics
June 15 is a special day in the Middle Kingdom; it is the birthday of the Secretary General of the Communist Party of China. In 2020, probably wanting to please…
By Claude Arpi
India’s Deft Engagement in Afghanistan
The first meeting between Indian officials and the Taliban leadership, after the Taliban takeover last year, took place in Kabul on 02 June 2022. Just prior to it, the 4th…
By Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)
China’s Shrinking Population
Melbourne, May 30 (The Conversation). The world’s biggest nation is about to shrink. China accounts for more than one sixth of the world’s population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
India’s Sri Lankan Moment has Arrived
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, it was highlighted by Russia that Ukraine joining NATO will result in Russian security getting compromised. It was due to this reason that…
By Maj Gen Ashok Kumar (Retd)
Shanghai COVID Crisis – Political Spotlight on Key Xi Ally
If Shanghai Communist Party chief Li Qiang has been politically bruised by the city's struggle to tame a COVID-19 outbreak that has infuriated residents and caused severe economic damage, there…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Return to “Purana” Pakistan
Pakistan’s new PM, Shahbaz Sharif, is a veteran politician, with the usual baggage of corruption related prison experience. He also has considerable marital experience, having entered into wedlock five times,…
By Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty
The Rise and Fall of Imran Khan: What Next?
The now former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was eventually voted out of power through a vote of no-confidence even though he made his level best efforts to avoid…
By Achal Malhotra
The Unceremonious Exit of the Captain
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan had been finally summerly voted out of the post of the Chief Executive of Pakistan, a post he held for three and half years amid the worsening…
By JK Tripathi
Stability and Succession in Tibet
In 2011, Xi Jinping, then Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China, stated that China should “govern the nation by governing the borders; govern the borders by first stabilizing Tibet;…
By Claude Arpi
Fall of Hybrid Regime and Imran’s Future Strategy
A no-confidence motion by Pakistan’s joint opposition ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan. It was a historic day for the country, as he became the first Chief Executive who has been…
By Dr Qamar Cheema
