Category: South East Asia

Pakistan’s Battle With Terrorism: An Unfolding Crisis – OpEd

The escalating incidence of terrorism in Pakistan has surfaced as a matter of paramount significance. The following composition aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the crisis, exploring its underlying causes and examining its various complexities. The geopolitical entity known as Pakistan, situated in the southern region of the Asian landmass, has been contending with the formidable challenge of terrorism […]

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India: Targeting Politics In Chhattisgarh – Analysis

On June 21, 2023, a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Kaka Arjun (52), was killed by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres at Ilmidi village in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur District. Arjun served as the Sarpanch (head of the Panchayat, village level local self-Government institution) of Ilmidi village Panchayat from 2016 to 2020. His body was found lying on the Kongupalli-Ilmidi […]

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Canada-UK-Pakistan-India: Sikh Diaspora And The Gangs Of Khalistan – Analysis

On June 18, 2023, (8.27pm local time), the Canada-based Khalistani leader and ‘chief’ of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), Hardeep Singh Nijjar, was shot dead by two unidentified youth outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, in the British Columbia Province of Canada. On June 15, 2023, (12.45am IST), Avtar Singh Khanda, ‘chief’ of the banned Khalistan Liberation […]

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India-US Relations: A Partnership Of Trust Will Inform The ‘Techade’ Ahead – Analysis

Suspicion to hostility, grievances of the past to the futures of tomorrow, it has taken the United States (US) and India three-quarters of a century to build a robust economic-strategic relationship. What could have, and should have, begun in 1947 is happening in 2023. From visas and semiconductors to aircraft engines and space exploration, more than the number it is […]

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Emergence Of The Yuan: China’s Economic Diplomacy In The Middle East – OpEd

In recent years, the Chinese Yuan Renminbi (RMB) has emerged as a popular form of exchange on the foreign currency markets in the Middle East. This arose as a direct result of the current global events that have shattered economies all across the world. The supremacy of the US dollar as an international currency has been called into doubt as […]

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Biden’s Endless Gifts to China

The gifts the Biden Administration has already given the Chinese Communist Party in just two years have been nothing short of exorbitant — and often to the detriment of the US. The Biden Administration intends to spend more than half a trillion dollars on “clean energy and climate action over the next decade”, according to the US Department of Energy. […]

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Forgotten Promises: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – Analysis

In 2015, great optimism surrounded the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), with hopes that it would transform Pakistan into a formidable global player and a leading force in South Asia. However, what was initially seen as a well-intentioned effort to consolidate the relationship between the two countries has turned into one of the primary causes of Pakistan’s decline. Although there were […]

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Engaging Egypt In A Strategic Vibe: India Seeks To Enhance Partnership With Cairo – Analysis

India’s engagements with Egypt have attained a new significance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Cairo on 24-25 June. During the visit, Prime Minister Modi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi signed a ‘Strategic Partnership’ agreement that would serve as evidence of the growing ties between the two nations, holding promises for both geopolitical and economic realms. In a […]

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China Was The Subtext In Modi’s Visit To Washington

The three-day state visit of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi to the U.S. was marked by the Biden administration’s attempts to pull India closer regarding the so-called containment of China. Modi is the third world leader who has been invited for a state visit during Joe Biden’s term in office thus far, after French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean […]

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Blinken’s Beijing Trip: ‘Constructive’ but No Breakthroughs

With U.S.-China ties at a low point, the resumption of high-level dialogue is a good sign — but there’s a long way to go to improve the relationship. Over the weekend, Secretary of State Antony Blinken finally made it to Beijing, where he met with senior-level Chinese Communist Party officials, including Xi Jinping. This trip was originally scheduled for early […]

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