Background Two epochal developments – the Indo-Pacific region’s emergence as the fulcrum of the world economy and the mounting global climate crisis – are bringing new attention to a constellation of Earth-Observation (EO) satellites that are vital to managing economic life and coping with climate change. These two sets of issues have thrust India, which maintains the largest fleet of […]

A group of Afghan journalists has described the threats they face from the Taliban after working with UK media for years, accusing the British government of abandoning them during last year’s withdrawal. Eight journalists are launching a legal challenge against the government after fighting since last year’s withdrawal for support they feel they are owed after helping UK interests in […]

The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has put 9/11’s planners back in the terror cockpit. The United States, under then-President Donald Trump, made a peace pact in 2020 with the Taliban under the pretense that they would break ties with al Qaeda. It didn’t happen then, it hasn’t happened since, and now the group that blew up the twin towers is […]

Choosing the West Over Russia Could Make New Delhi a Great Power India’s neutrality over the war in Ukraine has exposed its vulnerability. New Delhi depends on Russia for military supplies, and so, even though Russia is blatantly violating Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty in an attempt to re-create its erstwhile empire, India has opted to stay silent. It has done so […]

Imran Khan, a cricketer-turned politician, former Prime Minister of Pakistan is found openly alleging the US administration for the fall of his elected government. In his interview to numerous national and international TV channels, he claims that his visit to Russia amid the Ukraine crisis in the month of February, 2022 was not fully digested by the US administration. On […]

Intelligence forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) have seized 40 weapons which were being smuggled to Pakistan, officials said Monday. Mohammad Bashir, head of IEA’s intelligence agency Istikhbarat, said that the seizure was made by special forces of the agency in different parts of Nangarhar province, including at Torkham border crossing, in the past three days. He said […]

Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon met with Iranian leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Monday evening to discuss the expansion of cooperation between the two countries and the security situation in Afghanistan.

During a press conference in Tokyo on May 23, a reporter asked President Joseph Biden, “Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?” The president responded with a clear answer: “Yes . . . that’s the commitment we made.” This answer sent shockwaves across the Indo-Pacific. As expected, Beijing strongly denounced the statement, […]

The change of government in Canberra opens the possibility of a thaw in Australia’s diplomatic relations with China. Since 2017, the Australian government has adopted an array of tough China policies on issues ranging from 5G communications to COVID-19. In response, Beijing imposed a diplomatic freeze and since May 2020, informal economic sanctions on Australian exports including barley, coal, beef […]

Uzbekistan is playing a key role in support of the Afghan people, says the US special representative for Afghanistan. Thomas West tweeted: “Important humanitarian hub in Termez; Tashkent continues to provide Afghanistan with electricity.” Wrapping up his two-day trip to the Central Asian country, the diplomat noted the Uzbek leadership engaging the Taliban on terrorism, human rights and stability. His […]