India charting its own path
The last one-month has shown the tenacity and astuteness of the Indian foreign policy, and the “correctional change” which the current polity is trying to achieve through it.
Last week saw a flurry of diplomatic activities in New Delhi, with quite a large number of foreign ministers and security advisers coming over to convince the Indian leadership to change its stand on the Russia-Ukraine war and support the western coalition against Russia. The week also saw stern condemnation and accusation of the Indian […]
India acts big brother to Sri Lanka
The recent Indian initiatives to smaller regional neighbours like Maldives and Sri Lanka proves that the Indian foreign policy has matured and is delivering results by bringing these neighbours nearer to India.
Indian policy in the region towards smaller countries, seems to be paying dividends, as compared to China, which is more and more is being seen as a hawk, intent on taking over smaller countries’ natural resources. The recent example of this is the manner in which India has handled Sri Lanka, a neighbour under extreme […]
Afghan mineral wealth attracts competitors
Afghanistan’s mineral wealth might be able to help the Taliban to bankroll its developmental plans.
Even when the American occupation of Afghanistan was in full steam and apart from the fighting there were mainly reports of the on-going fighting, yet there were secret reports, which spoke of the vast mineral wealth which Afghanistan possesses. There were further reports, which reported questioningly the Americans taking planeloads of soil from various regions […]
S. Arab on path of reconciliation
Saudi Arabia, it seems is ready to renounce its enmity with itsold foes and ready to amend ties with both Iran and Israel.
Indications to the change in the Saudi view towards Iran and Israel came last week. In an interview given by the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MbS) to SPA, the Saudi state news agency, and quoted by several international magazines, he is reported to have expressed desire to mend ties with Iran and Israel, […]
Germany’s Military Renaissance
After a continuous barrage ofcriticism for overlooking the Russian aggression dubbed as itsnaiveté, Germany has announced new military plans, which might change the regional and global geopolitics dimensions once again.
In a historic announcement to the parliament, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, announced on Sunday 27 February additional funding of €100bn (£85bn) to boost Germany’s armed forces, besides a sustained increase in its defence spending over the coming years. The country which one could say was at the centre stage of the flared up Russian-Ukrainian […]
Putin’s Deceptive War Plans
The Russian strategy in the on-going Ukrainian crisis is aimed at not allowing the NATO to accept Ukraine as its member. In reality the war clouds have thickened due to the American and British stance and verbosity.
The on-going war of nerves and escalating tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine has entered its fourth month after the Russian forces started their build-up in areas near the Ukrainian border in November 2021, but the genesis of the conflict goes back to 2013 or even to 2008, when Ukraine applied for […]
The Great American Heist
The manner, in which the US President has divided the Afghan money deposited with the Federal Reserve, will only further erode the confidence of third-world nations in the American system and values.
US President Joe Biden last week signed an executive order, splitting $7 billion Afghan fundsdeposited with the Federal Reserve. Afghanistan will now only get $3.5 billion as part of the humanitarian aid while the remaining $3.5 billion will be given to 9/11 victim families in the US. Afghanistan has about $9 billion in assets overseas, […]
Pakistan’s diplomatic debacle in China
Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan had to attend an unusual virtual meeting with a Chinese minister, while himself being present in Beijing and further he got no Chinese assurance for a Chinese loan.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan was on a four-day visit to China, last week. Apparently the visit was billed as to attend the opening ceremony of the XXIV Winter Olympics in Beijing. But Imran Khan was accompanied with a huge delegation including Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, Planning Minister, Information Minister, National SecurityAdvisor, Commerce Advisor […]
India’s Central Asian Outreach
India renews efforts to reset its ties with CARs, in view of their crucial location and for boosting bilateral trade.
India’s ties with Central Asia can be traced back to the ancient Silk Road, along which goods, people, and ideas flowed. Geographically Central Asia has been at the intersection of crucial political and economic transformations for centuries. While the dissolution of the Silk Road limited exchanges, there is a renewed effort to reconnect India with […]
Pakistan on a new track?
For the first time in history, a civilian government in Pakistan talks about the welfare of the masses as its priority and that too through a security policy document.
Pakistan after 75-years of its existence has released its first ever National Security Policy (NSP), which it claims will ensure human security for the ordinary Pakistani masses. A critical review of the recently released National Security Policy (NSP) of Pakistan by its National Security Advisor, Yusuf Moeed, reveals that it’s a document which contradicts itself […]
