CPEC: Prosperity project

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Operationalisation scope of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project has been entire Pakistan, therefore, the project would virtually connect all the...

Chinese and Indian troops face off in Bhutan border dispute

News Analysis | China has conveyed to foreign diplomats in Beijing that troops of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have been waiting patiently at the...

The Damascus-Beijing bonding

News Analysis | The Syrian quagmire is attracting the attention of many players in the game. The conflict has further exacerbated crises in the volatile...

Pakistan China relation: friendship turned into business?

Dr. Farid A. Malik | ‘Tie Ge Men’ (Real Iron Brothers); that is how the Pak-China friendship is described. Pakistan was the first non-communist country...

OIC resolution: will India face kickbacks in Kashmir?

M. K. Bhadrakumar | India will surely reject – if South Block has not done it already – the resolution passed by the Organization of Islamic...

The South Asian dilemma

News Analysis | India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Gopal Baglay has made it clear that India is, "ready to have a dialogue with...

Is China using trade as leverage to control North Korea?

North Korea got the world’s attention – and President Donald Trump’s – when it said on July 4 that it had successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic...

China seeking to make inroads in Europe

News Analysis | On this weekend, much of the world’s attention at the Group of 20 Economic Summit will be on President Trump’s first meeting with...

North Korea latest test, will Trump be irrational?

Given that North Korea can already produce a nuclear weapon, it is vital to keep it from developing an intercontinental ballistic missile. On this...

North and South Korea, what divides them

Why is there a North and a South Korea? Before there was a South and North Korea, the peninsula was ruled by a dynasty known...

USA-Russia-China triangle

M. K. Bhadrakumar | For long-time observers of the US-Russia-China triangle, this week presents a fantastic panorama. Much as the G20 summit in Hamburg on...

North Korea v.s the world: The intercontinental ballistic missile

News Analysis | North Korean leadership has said that they have successfully tested their first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) under the supervision of their leader Kim...