Territorial disputes shouldn’t be solved through “coercion and intimidation,” the Philippines said Friday as its diplomats prepared to confront Chinese counterparts about China’s recent actions in contested waters, including pointing a military-grade laser at the Filipino coast guard. Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro delivered the message before she, Chinese Foreign Vice Minister Sun Weidong, and their respective delegations […]

Post 9/11 era brought dramatic shifts in policy making of the sates not just at the local level, but the event is being accused of changing the whole course of international politics. State security in traditional terms and countering terrorism that had been neglected before, was securitized again. In all these securitizations and awareness campaigns, the US played a significant […]

A 22-member team of Myanmar immigration officials visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to verify more than 400 Rohingya refugees as part of a pilot repatriation project. Does it hold out any hope for the forcibly displaced people to return to their ancestral homes in the Rakhine state of Myanmar? Only time will tell. However, the Beijing-mediated project could […]

On February 25, 2023, a National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) cadre, identified as Bidhu Debbarma, was handed over to the Tripura Police through Assam’s Sutarkandi Border Observation Post (BOP), by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). On January 4, 2023, the cadres of the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) shot dead a local tribal leader of the Communist Party of […]

On March 15, 2023, a group of four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres reached Arimala Colony in Tondarnad Grama Panchayat (village level local self-government institution) in the Wayanad District of Kerala and distributed pamphlets propagating their ideology. Of the four, three members of the Maoist group were suspected to be Unnimaya, Chandru, and Sundari. The identity of the fourth […]

On March 17, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced that from March 27, it will reduce the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for financial institutions by 0.25 percentage points (excluding financial institutions with a 5% reserve ratio already in effect). After this reduction, the weighted average RRR for financial institutions will be around 7.6%. The Chinese central bank stated that […]

Protection of a nation’s sovereignty, people, and resources from external and internal threats that can jeopardize its stability and well-being is the most critical strategic interest for any state and its survival. Prioritizing national security as the topmost strategic concern is even more critical for states like Pakistan that have historical baggage of border disputes, wars, and unresolved geopolitical issues […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Moscow, which started Monday and is expected to go for three days, is certain to be rich in pomp and ceremony. Yet, its content remains rather uncertain. Russian President Vladimir Putin, in most cordial terms, invited his Chinese counterpart during their video conversation on December 30. But Xi, according to the transcript, did […]

Deputy Governor of Jawzjan province, Mawlavi Gul Mohammad Salim, fired his son from his security job at the governor’s compound in the province, IEA-run Bakhtar news agency reported. Based on a decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on the dismissal of the sons and relatives of officials of the Islamic Emirate from positions in government, […]

In a new decree, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered all drugs and drug paraphernalia to be burned, according to a statement published by the Administrative Office. Based on the decree, the drug dealers and producers will be punished and the tools and equipment used in the production of drugs should be destroyed. According […]