The Pak Taliban fiasco- a lesson for Pakistan The Statesman 07 Jan 2025The Centre for Research and Security Studies states that in 2024 Pakistan had a total of 1166 incidents of terrorist attacks and counter terrorism operations which resulted in 2546 fatalities and 2267 injuries. Among them 685 fatalities were of military personnel. As per Pakistan’s DG Inter Services Public […]
India-Bangladesh ties in the coming days The Excelsior 01 Jan 2025The Indian foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, recently visited Bangladesh and apart from meeting his counterpart, Mohammad Touhid Hossain, also met the head of the interim government, Mohammad Yunus. As per the MEA readout, he highlighted India’s support for a democratic, stable, peaceful, progressive and inclusive Bangladesh. In addition, he conveyed […]
Trust deficit remains in India-China ties The Statesman 31 Dec 2024An agreement on resolving the standoff in Ladakh was reached on 21st Oct, just prior to the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, paving the way for a PM Modi-Xi Jinping dialogue at the venue. The Chinese readout of the meeting mentioned, ‘President Xi stressed that China-India relations are essentially a […]
Pak plays the double game The Excelsior 26 Dec 2024While officially Pak and China claim that their friendship is ‘Higher than the mountains and deeper than the oceans,’ however there is immense internal rumbling, mainly because the Pak army prefers being closer to the US and distrusts Chinese intent. Just because China is expending billions in the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic […]
The Americans never learn The Statesman 24 Dec 2024The Arab Spring, which began in 2011, was dubbed as the starting point in removal of dictators in West Asia and North Africa. The latest to face this change is Syria where Bashar al-Assad was recently overthrown by a loose rebel alliance led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after over fifty years […]
Bangladesh and Pakistan coming closer The Excelsior 19 Dec 2024Since the overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina regime by violent student led protests and the installation of the Yunus interim government, the Bangladesh economy is moving downhill as also violence against minorities is testing its relationships with India. Despite the Indian foreign secretary meeting his Bangladeshi counterpart, Touhid Hussain, as also […]
Syria after Assad’s fall The Statesman 17 Dec 2024Syrian rebel forces captured Damascus and forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Moscow with his family where he has been granted refuge. In just over a week, the Hayat Tahir al-Sham (HTS), translated into ‘Organization for the liberation of the Levant,’ backed by Turkey, captured the cities of Aleppo, Hama and […]
India and Canada engage in visa battles ETv Bharat 16 Dec 2024The Canadian media outlet, Global News published an article last week titled, ‘Visas have become an Indian foreign interference tool.’ It mentioned that the Indian High Commission and Consulates have denied visas to those linked to the Khalistan movement, including those propagating for Khalistan in Canadian Gurudwaras.It adds that […]
Minorities under threat in Bangladesh The Excelsior 12 Dec 2024Last week, adviser for Information and Broadcasting of the interim government of Bangladesh, Nahid Islam, tweeted that Indian ruling elite and Hindutva forces were ‘engaging in divisive politics and anti-Bangladesh rhetoric.’ He added that student leaders planned setting up a media cell to counter the Indian narrative that fundamentalism was growing […]
Chinese make inroads in India’s neighbourhood The Statesman 10 Dec 2024India and China are competitors in Asia. India is the only country in the region to have halted the Chinese military in its tracks as also refuses to acknowledge the BRI, including in forums where the two nations jointly participate. After protracted negotiations the two nations disengaged in Ladakh. De-escalation […]