The Battle for Narrative over the Recent India – China Border Standoff
As news of the recent India-China border standoff continues to dominate headlines, there is a growing sense of unease which extending beyond the region...
Is an Electioneering Trump Overblowing the ‘China Threat’?
As several analysts grapple over the futility of calling for greater international cooperation against the Coronavirus pandemic, US – China relations seem to be...
Reconciling Public Safety and National Security Via A Renewed Focus on Biosecurity
As the broad ranging consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic wreak havoc across the global political economy, there have also simultaneously come up several issues...
South Asia: Balancing Great Power Competition with Strategic Stability
Against the backdrop of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and the impending US elections, the last few weeks have seen both the US and China...
Pakistan’s Strategic Preparedness and Critical Decision-Making One Year after Balakot
With numerous heads of state gradually coming to terms with the realities of an entire world under lockdown, India’s new domicile laws for the...
Impunity in the Time of Corona(virus)
As day to day life changes dramatically
around the world as a result of the novel Coronavirus, there still lies this
uneasy sense of continuity to...
Papering Over the Fissures Inherent in the Afghan Reconciliation Process
In the wake of last month’s highly publicized peace agreement
between the US and the Taliban, as well as the recently concluded Presidential
elections, political turmoil...
Trump in India: Assessing the Current Trajectory of Indo-US Ties
The last few days saw India pulling out all
the stops for President Trump’s first official visit to the country. High on
optics and bollywoodesque fanfare,...
The Wider Geopolitical Repercussions of Enforcing a One-Sided Peace onto the Middle East
Of all the varying reactions from the rest
of the world following the White House’s latest
Mid-East Peace Plan, none as such have come as a...
From Scapegoat Back to Key Ally: Pakistan and the Perils of US Maximalism
In the two years since President Trump
accused Pakistan of giving nothing
but deceit and lies, relations between both countries seem to have
undergone a dramatic turnaround....