The Sino-Indian agreement on patrolling arrangements in eastern Ladakh is a significant achievement for New Delhi. From the outset of the Chinese actions of 2020—the establishment of blockades at six points and massing troops on the border—India has sought to deal with the situation in a measured manner. On the one hand, it confronted the Chinese at the blockade points […]

The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), an affiliate of ISIS, was formed in Afghanistan in 2015 and has since been responsible for numerous acts of terrorism across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asian Republics (CARs), and even Russia. While Afghanistan remains ISKP’s primary base; as has been affirmed by various UN reports, the Afghan media outlets (affiliated with the Interim Government) regularly […]

Key Takeaways Cross-Strait Relations Taiwan The United States approved a nearly $2 billion US arms sale to Taiwan including three advanced surface-to-air missile systems. The PRC condemned the sale and threatened unspecified countermeasures. The United States approved a sale to Taiwan worth a total of $1.988 billion on October 26 that includes three National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) along […]

Shakib discussed Afghanistan’s unique geographic position and the potential for regional projects, particularly in energy and water management, as well as the extraction of natural resources Afghanistan’s Charge d’Affaires to Pakistan, Sardar Ahmad Shakib, has stated that Pakistan is like a second home to Afghans and that the current government has no involvement in the violent incidents taking place in […]

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif concluded the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting in Islamabad by urging international focus on the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. While this emphasis aligns with Pakistan’s broader foreign policy objectives, the absence of any reference to Kashmir a deeply rooted and sensitive issue for Pakistan was particularly striking. This omission marks […]

India’s disillusionment with the West, its need for Chinese investments and China’s opening its doors to Indian tycoon and Modi acolyte Gautam Adani account for the change. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a very significant bilateral meeting on October 23 on the side lines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s summit in Kazan, Russia. Both […]

Certains commentateurs ont écrit que ce blog, et d’autres, avait négligé le sommet actuel des BRICS. Ils ont raison, jusqu’à un certain point. Les BRICS sont un projet à long terme. C’est le développement d’un conglomérat économique et politique d’organisations supranationales conçues pour être une alternative à celles créées par «l’Occident» après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. On trouve plusieurs malentendus […]

China remains officially agnostic about North Korea’s deployment of troops to help Russia’s war in Ukraine – a dispatch that analysts say holds potential trouble for Pyongyang’s main backer Beijing even as both communist nations share the goal of supporting Vladimir Putin. On Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian repeated the line Beijing has used in the face of […]

Just one week ahead of the annual intergovernmental consultations, the German government published its first strategic document solely focused on its engagement with India. Although not officially labelled a strategy, the paper’s cabinet-level-involvement and clear prioritisation of policy domains make “Focus on India” a comprehensive manual outlining Germany’s planned approach towards India. In laying out Germany’s ideas about the imagined […]

Coming within 48 hours of Omar Abdullah taking oath as Chief Minister of J&K union territory, it’s obvious that Friday’s targeted killing of a 30-year-old migrant labourer by terrorists in the Shopian district of South Kashmir wasn’t coincidental. This dastardly murder was clearly meant to buttress Pakistan’s jaundiced view that despite large voter turnout and peaceful conduct of assembly elections […]