By now, discerning public in India are in the process of one, admitting the fact that “Hindi Chinni bhai bhai ” is dead (even though it never, ever, lived outside…
By Brigadier Sanal Kumar (Retd)BEIJING (Reuters) -When Xi Jinping took command of the Communist Party in late 2012 and proclaimed "only socialism can save China", it was largely ignored as the perfunctory mention of…
By PTI and Chanakya ForumThe visit of Pakistan’s spymaster, DG ISI Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, to Kabul in full public glare has not only re-confirmed what the world has known for long – the…
By Sushant Sareen[video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://chanakyaforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-03T163251Z_1_LOV000N6U07XX_RTRMADV_STREAM-8256-16X9-MP4_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT.mp4"][/video] The Taliban have chosen who will form their new government in Afghanistan, according to Reuters sources inside the group. And these are the officials they've picked,…
Qamar Cheema Afghanistan’s socio-cultural fabric has been long broken because of constant wars and a ‘revolving door’ political system. The fall of Ashraf Ghani’s government and the failure of Afghanistan's…
Wait And Watch in Afghanistan Dr Seshadri Chari History seems to be obsessed with the bad habit of repeating itself. For more than four or five centuries Afghanistan has been…
Twitter trends normally have a fairly short shelf life – a few hours or a day at best. But sometimes these trends last for days and become metaphors for a…
By Sushant SareenA Jammu and Kashmir Settlement: “Idhar Hum, Udhar Tum”? Sushant Sareen Over the last decade or so, after every few months reports start appearing of Pakistan planning to change the…
Just what is China doing? Last week it was revealed that the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) is building yet another vast field of silos from which to launch…
The recent elections in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are over now. How were these elections conducted and how have the previous elections been conducted? I will be presenting a brief…
Retaining Relevance in Afghan Imbroglio Lt Gen KJ Singh (Retd) Afghanistan is in turmoil, Taliban, combined with assorted desperate factions is battling Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), in violent struggle,…
Xi Jinping since his ascendency as President of the People's Republic of China has resolved to strengthen the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but critics say he made himself its biggest…