The majority Sinhalese community sees any further devolution to the Provinces as a pathway to the revival of Tamil separatism As part of measures to make devolution of power under the 13th. Amendment of the Sri Lankan constitution meaningful, the Tamils have suggested that the powers now vested with Provincial Governors be pruned, and more powers granted to the Provincial […]

In the two years since the military coup in February 2021, Myanmar’s natural environment has deteriorated as the embryonic legal and regulatory regime that was emerging during the decade of political and economic reforms has unravelled. Gold mining has significantly increased, particularly in Kachin and Shan States, causing extensive social and environmental problems. The military has issued new mining permits […]

The recent incident of a Chinese ‘spy balloon’ sighted 60,000 feet over the skies of Montana in the United States (US) which was finally shot down by a missile from a US F22 fighter jet off the coast of South Carolina has left far too many questions unanswered. Some of the most prominent among them are: What was the real […]

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s visits to Brunei and Singapore remain geopolitically crucial for Vietnam, as he tries to shore up regional support and joint capacity in a range of criticall fronts particularly on security, supply chain resilience and economic transformation.His visit to Brunei marked the first official visit of a Vietnamese PM in 16 years. The usual focus will […]

The spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), says that the Islamic Emirate has fulfilled all the conditions for recognition, but the international community is looking for excuses not to recognize the new government of Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the IEA, emphasized that the IEA has implemented all the articles of the Doha Agreement, but the United […]

America’s Classification Crisis In August 2016, the United States suffered one of the most cataclysmic leaks of classified information in history. An anonymous entity calling itself “the Shadow Brokers” exposed an arsenal of cyberweapons that had been developed—in great secrecy—by the National Security Agency. The intelligence community sprang into damage-control mode. Because the NSA’s hackers rely on a degree of […]

Even Great Powers Aren’t Safe From Economic Warfare—If the U.S.-Led Order Sticks Together When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, China’s leaders attempted to balance two fundamentally irreconcilable interests. First, they aimed to bolster China’s entente with Russia to counterbalance American power and alleviate growing strategic pressure from the West. Second, although they backed Moscow, they sought to avoid unilateral […]

Eight people were injured, some of them seriously, when armed assailants attacked the house of a police official in the Dandey Saidgi area of North Waziristan early Sunday, sources said. The local and official sources said the incident happened in the limits of Ghulam Khan Police Station. Those injured in the attack included ASI Ameenullah, two women and five others. […]

A powerful roadside bomb went off near a vehicle carrying Pakistani security forces in the country’s volatile southwest on Friday, killing two soldiers and wounding three, authorities said. Hours later, the separatist Baluchistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack in Kohlu, a district about 300 kilometers (180 miles) east of Quetta, the provincial capital in Baluchistan. The group was […]

Pakistan is currently in the clinches of severe debt trap that was around 72 percent of the GDP in December 2022. At present, total debt and liabilities in January 2023 were Rs 60 trillion. A gigantic increase has been seen in it during the last two decades where gross public debt has increased by 1500 percent in past 22 years. […]