In recent years, Indian hybrid war tactics against Pakistan have intensified in its bid to isolate Pakistan regionally as well as internationally. Doval Doctrines 2014 particularly focuses on destabilizing Pakistan and damage its society, which is evident from the arrest of Kalbushan Jhadav – an…
The term "soft power propaganda tools" was used by the U.S. State Department while referring to its decision on December 4 to terminate five cultural exchange programs with China, among which were the Policymakers Educational China Trip Program, the U.S.-China Friendship Program…
Iranian parliament strongly condemned the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and signed a statement with consensus to scale up uranium enriching process up to the levels of pre-Iran nuclear deal.
On November 27, Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrezadeh was assassinated in an ambush near Tehran. He…
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…
Covid-19 is making a resurgent come back in Pakistan. The toll it’s taking, in terms of rising infections and growing fatalities by the day, is no secret by any means. Yet, it has taken a serious toll in Pakistan: in our collective…
India, the largest country in South Asia, once carried the mantle of anchoring peace and development in the region. It has gone exactly in reverse.
The reason interestingly has not been a conscious departure from the Nehruvian secularism but a slow caving…
Long ago the Greek philosopher Heraclitus had said: “There is nothing permanent except change.” A constant in world order still remains to be the factor of influx. In the last century, the geo-politico-economic canvasses witnessed shifts brought about by global developments, such…
On November 21, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which assumed the G20 presidency in December 2019, will be hosting the 15th G20 summit in the capital Riyadh. This summit comes amid the alarming second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that necessitates quick…
Malaysia is all set to host the 2020 APEC Economic Leader's Meeting scheduled for November 20, which will be the first time that the leaders of the 21-member bloc will meet virtually on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The meeting comes at a…
On November 14th, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for further development of the 2016 Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) Development Plan which is based on Beijing's 'dual circulation strategy.'
The need to implement the YREB was necessitated over rising tensions with the Trump…