Asad Mirza

American democracy in peril?

American democracy in peril?

Events over the last one year shows that the world’s largest superpower itself faces challenges to its democratic system, while it continues to preach the world about democratic values.

It seems a paradox. But one of the oldest democracies of the world, the United States which has the habit of preaching the world about democracy and democratic traditions, including to the largest functioning democracy of the world i.e. India, it itself is facing a democratic crisis. A debate is currently on in the US […]

 Asad Mirza

Strained Indo-Maldives Relations

Strained Indo-Maldives Relations

Once cordial relations between the two sea neighbouring countries have soured during the last three years, but the mature handling by both governments may result in restoring the ties back to normal.

A lot has happened in the bilateral relations between India and Maldives during the last ten years. The relations which were once described as one of the most vibrant and dynamic, have turned into one in which India has been painted as a villain. Though the genesis started ten years back, yet it gathered further […]

 Asad Mirza

Turkey’s African Outreach

Turkey’s African Outreach

The Turkish approach to boost its ties with African countries, could be copied by others also for a sustainable development of all.

Recently, the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit was held in Istanbul from 16 to 19 December.The first Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit was held in Istanbul, the second in Malabo. Over 100 government ministers and 16 presidents from Africa attended the summit, whichwas held under the theme, ‘Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity’. Africa — market of […]

 Asad Mirza

The Controversial UK Nationality Bill

The Controversial UK Nationality Bill

The Bill would enable the government to withdraw citizenship to a person without informing him or her.

The controversial Nationality and Borders Bill was introduced by the ruling Conservative Party in the House of Commons on 6 July 2021. The bill has now progressed to the House of Lords, and if passed it would impact the current UK immigration system as it relates to asylum seekers and refugees; and does this primarily […]

 Asad Mirza

Saudi Ban on Tablighi Jamaat: A Reality Check

Saudi Ban on Tablighi Jamaat: A Reality Check

A recent Saudi ban announced through a tweet has once again pointed the needle of suspicion towards Indian Tablighi Jamaat, let’s analyse the whole episode.

Recently most of the Indian newspapers and news channels in English, Hindi and Urdu carried a news story stating that the Saudi Arab has banned the Indian organisation Tablighi Jamaat from functioning in Saudi and carrying out its Tabligh activities in the Kingdom. The manner in which the story was reported mostly, based on a […]

 Asad Mirza

The Summit for Democracy

The Summit for Democracy

The summit hosted by the US president, instead of bringing together democratic voices at a common international platform, gave birth to many controversies.

A US sponsored two-day virtual democracy summit wrapped up last week. It was promised by President Joe Biden during his election campaign last year, as he wanted to show that the US has departed from the “America First’ philosophy of Donald Trump and instead will focus on an event that was more about starting a […]

 Asad Mirza

New US Defence Posturing

New US Defence Posturing

A new report released by the US Department of State speaks of adopting a new strategy in the Indo-Pacific and reallocate military resources globally.

In the last week of November, the Biden administration in the US released a Global Posture Review (GPR), to ensure the footprint of American service members worldwide is correctly sized and supports strategy. The Pentagon says that the review will help it “best allocate military forces in pursuit of our national interests” and it has […]

 Asad Mirza

Globally active China

Globally active China

The aggressive and planned manner in which Chinese companies have forayed globally, poses a risk not just to the economic interests but also the defence interests of the collaborating and neighbour nations.

Recent reports by Wall Street Journal have revealed that the US intelligence agencies found evidence of construction work on what they believed was a secret Chinese military facility in the United Arab Emirates, and which was stopped after Washington’s intervention. It says that satellite imagery of the Port Khalifa revealed suspicious construction work inside a […]

 Asad Mirza

Abrahamia: A new faith on the horizon?

Abrahamia: A new faith on the horizon?

News reports about a new faith to be implemented globally, has caused consternation amongst the people and also raised questions about its validity and designs behind it.

Recently in this era of conspiracy theories, in vogue particularly after the onset of the Covid pandemic, I recently received a message on WhatsApp. The message gave a link to a report published by BBC Hindi with details about a new faith to be introduced soon in the world and which will be called ‘Abrahamia’. […]

 Asad Mirza

Old foes poised against each other again

Old foes poised against each other again

India and Pakistan are poised against each other, to play a more proactive and constructive role in Afghanistan’s redevelopment, trying to negate each other’s initiatives.

The ascendancy of Taliban to power in Afghanistan almost two-and-a-half months ago, after the hasty and chaotic withdrawal of the US forces from the country had raised hopes that Afghanistan may see the dawn of a peaceful era and the Taliban 2.0 might be able to establish a stable and secure government in the country. […]

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