Reshaping the geopolitics of Middle East
The post-US- Middle East stage is already set, and Iran is likely to triumph over Saudi Arabia. In case of a significant US disengagement from the region following scenarios can occur, first is a continuation of prolonged proxy wars with both Iran and Saudi Arabia vying for dominance.
Indian engagement in West Asia: Challenges and opportunities for Pakistan
New Delhi skillfully handled the balancing act between three major blocs in West Asia, the Arab Gulf, Iran and Israel. Its relations with Turkey, however, are not currently the best. The economy of India and the Gulf countries has increasingly inter-wined in the recent past.
Why Kazakhstan has some important lessons for the Gulf?
The president of Kazakhstan has claimed that the recent violent demonstrations that have shaken the country were an "attempted coup d'état" by "armed fighters", adding that his forces would "never" fire on peaceful protesters. China reportedly offered to send law enforcement.
“Omicron”: A threat to world order?
Omicron fuels old covid conspiracy theories, since 2019, when covid-19 was first detected in the Wuhan city of China, many conspiracy theories came out regarding this deadly virus. Some people believed that Covid-19 was a pre-planned variant
The Red Army’s winter counterattack 80 years ago, Part II
On 29 January 1942 General Georgy Zhukov, the Soviets' top commander, complained that he had so far lost 276,000 troops in the counteroffensive, and received a mere 100,000 reinforcements. In his memoirs, Zhukov unceremoniously labeled the Russian counteroffensive a “failure”.
Trade Credit: A Basic Building Block for Industry
It is expected that there will be further increases in Pakistan’s textile export quantity starting from February 2022, as many projects are being funded through the Temporary Economic Refinance Facility (TERF) and Long Term Financing Facility (LTFF) are to bear results.
India in the lull before internal seismic upheaval
The nefarious attempt to link Muslims and Sikhs is now harming India more than any other in the present scenario. The first question is that we measure the spot from saying Pakistan border 10 miles away that the blockade; rather than the actual distance of one mile from the protesters.
Saudi diplomacy needs flesh on its skeleton of sports and religion
According to Dr. James M Dorsey, an award-winning journalist, Saudi Arabia, like Qatar, is learning the perils of seeking soft power through sports or religion without confronting skeletons in its closet after winning the right to host this year's FIFA World Cup.
Ukraine crisis fuses Central Asia and Afghan neighborhood
We need to understand what happened in Ukraine to make sense of what is going on in the area. The Russian strategic goal behind its large deployment on Ukraine's borders was to overthrow Kyiv's government and seize the country.
What can be learnt from Murree incident and how we can avoid such incidents?
One of the major flaws pinned in the “Murree crisis” is the mismanagement of the local authorities who, knowing the fact very well that the hill station does not have the capacity to handle such enormous traffic flow, still allowed vehicles to drive to the top.
Disturbing trajectory of Indo-French Defense Partnership
Under the agreement, France’s Dassault Aviation agreed to invest 50 percent of the 7.8 billion euro Rafale contract in India to manufacture aircraft components with Indian billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Defense; Ambani is known to be a close ally of BJP and in particular PM Modi.
Examining Pakistan and Bangladesh’s bilateral relations
Pakistan and Bangladesh can reap massive economic and political gains from their bilateral ties in the under-transition global political order. The path to this, however, is paved with thorns. Pakistan’s hopes for friendly relations if the core issue between the two countries remains unaddressed