China and India regional approaches
CHINA and India are two important countries of Asia and their population “accounts for 40 percent of the 6.5 billion plus people on earth.” Seeing the governance structures of China and India, they are led by different systems’. China is ahead of India in development. As per the International Monetary Fund statistics, China will be …
Political unrest in Myanmar
THE political discord between the military and protestors in Myanmar have become violent. Security forces are using tear gas and stun grenades to deter the protestors. Nearly, 50 people have lost their life in protests over a period of one-month. As per the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners Advocacy Group about 1,700 people are kept …
India’s politics and society
THE Hindu nationalist political parties struggle towards constitutional empowerment has brought religion as a political and social factor in India. Whether, it has strengthened the country’s political culture or it has made India a Hindu democracy? India’s democracy and secular character are often cited as progressive tools. During initial years of independence, the Nehruvian policies …
Asia Pacific Emerging Political Environment
The term “Indo-Pacific” was initially employed by Australia. The Australian White Paper titled: “Australia in the Asian Century” (published in October 2012) envisioned the Western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Pacific Ocean as “one strategic arc”. As per the definition, the term ‘Indo-Pacific’ is an advance construct to describe Asia Pacific. The term projects the …
Kartarpur Corridor
“Gurcharan Singh, a 75 years old was happy to visit the Sikh temple in the Pakistani village of Kartarpur. “Pakistan and India have a “protocol on visits to Religious Shrines” signed back in 1974, the protocol allows the citizens of both countries to visit the religious sites in each others countries. The recent development …
Pakistan-China Relations
Pakistan and China bilateral relations established in May 1951, have progressed over the years. During the 1970s, Pakistan played the role of a facilitator in normalizing China-US relations. The US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meeting with President Zhou Enlai in Beijing was facilitated by Pakistan, which later led to the visit of President …
