Following his retirement from cricket, Imran Khan assumed an active role in denouncing instances of governmental mismanagement and political corruption in Pakistan. To fight against these issues, he established a political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in 1996. This decision was made in response to perceived shortcomings in the existing political parties/government of Pakistan. Although Khan’s public image in Pakistan is […]

While the world succumbed to Ukraine war, plunging to a slow pace of economic growth, India sustained its high growth trajectory, proving resilient to the global downturn. According to the IMF ‘s World Economic Outlook, global growth was forecasted to slow down to 3.2 percent in 2022, from 6 percent in 2021 and slip further to 1.3 percent in 2023. […]

The US-Bangladesh relations have taken a positive turn after Bangladeshi Minister of Foreign Affairs AK Abdul Momen visited Washington, D.C. and met his US counterpart Antony Blinken on April 10, 2023. This meeting comes after a series of trips by high-ranking US officials to Bangladesh and the hosting of bilateral dialogues and joint military exercises over the previous year that […]

The 3rd Military Dialogue between Bangladesh and Türkiye was convened by Armed Forces Division, Dhaka Cantonment at the Multipurpose Hall, On April 12–14, 2023. Since their inception of bilateral relations, ties between Türkiye and Bangladesh have been cooperative and friendly; the most recent example is the recent security dialogue. This security dialogue will bolster defense and military cooperation in areas […]

India has scaled up its engagement in the naval domain in the Indian Ocean region response to the threat perception that has heightened in recent months in a multi-prolonged ways. First Defence Minister Rajnath Singh travelled to Maldives on a three-day visit, the first in 11 years, to discuss maritime issues with his counterpart Mariya Didi. The visit was in […]

There is no free cup of tea in international politics. What matters the most, is the states’ interests. The policies are based on preferences set by the state itself through a sound analyses of domestic factors and international order. A question often troubles students of international relations is what is a good foreign policy? Scholars have presented different views regarding […]

Is the constitution subordinate to people or people are? Is law equal for all? Will everyone take the law in hand once arrested or FIR is logged? Wrong precedents are being set. The project has failed with a bang but still, we do not learn from history. There are bigwigs in institutions who are supporting Imran Khan. The cause might […]

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed concern Saturday about Russian and Chinese military cooperation in Asia and said the security situation in Europe could not be separated from that in the Indo-Pacific region since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Speaking at a meeting of European and Indo-Pacific foreign ministers in Sweden, Hayashi said Russia’s war in Ukraine had “shaken the […]

Pakistan has been mired in political turmoil ever since it gained independence. Pakistan is a federal Islamic democratic country governed by a parliamentary form of government. Islam is its official religion. In 1956, the country’s first constitution was ratified, marking a watershed moment in the country’s political development. However, it was a major setback for the nation’s constitutional development when […]

Japan and India’s national interests call for elevating a free and open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) as the bedrock for global peace, prosperity and a rules-based order. They should use their prerogative as hosts at the upcoming G7 and G20 Summits to cement a FOIP as the fulcrum of a free and open world. Over the last half of the 20th century, […]