UNHRC Gives Sri Lanka Time for Reconciliation. Among the main planks of the United Nations in its early days like decolonisation, disarmament, a new international economic order and human rights, the…
China and India in Nepal: A Struggle for Influence “If China succeeds in replacing India as the key economic as well as security partner for Nepal... it would have breached…
In 2019, Bangladesh was among the top ten economies of the world where annual GDP growth was concerned; during 2020 it was among the top five. By the close of…
Symbolically it was an emotive moment and a superb achievement when the musical notes of ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, the national anthems of India and Bangladesh respectively,…
The annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), called two sessions, are the most important political meetings of the year in…
Balochistan or the country of Baloch Nation consisted of four princely states: Makran, Las Bela, Kharan, and Kalat. These areas were 'occupied' by Pakistan using force against the will of its people in 1948. Since…
On the face of it, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) campaign against the ‘selected’ Prime Minister Imran Khan has run out of both ideas and steam. After the Lahore jalsa…
China’s showcasing of some microwave systems in the face-off with India in Ladakh has many analysts looking closely at China's military capabilities. Change in administration in the United States has…
In November 2007, in South Africa’s nuclear research facility Pelindaba, two armed squads attacked from opposite sides of the site. The first squad got through a 10,000-volt security fence. They…
It was apparent from 1959 onwards that it would only be a question of "when" and not "whether" the Peoples Liberation Army would be unleashed on its counterpart in India.…
謀攻: 故曰:知彼知己,百戰不殆;不知彼而知己,一勝一負;不知彼,不知己,每戰必敗。 Attack by Stratagem: “If you know the enemy and you know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not…
2020 saw the Coronavirus making life difficult for everyone in the world. It had an adverse effect not only on normal life but governments, leaders and economic resilience of countries.…