South Korea’s new national security strategy: Priorities and nuances
On December 20, South Korea’s presidential Blue House unveiled a new national security strategy - a “top-level” national security and defense policy document, which...
China-India strides on improving relations
The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang-Yi visited India from 24th to 25th December 2018. China and India are trying for some kind of breakthrough in...
PTI’s 100 day and the CPEC
Presently the talk of the town is the 100 days agenda which the PTI gave a month before the general election 2018. Recently a...
Saudi-Iranian Struggle in the New Middle East
It is known that the Gulf States have a good stability. Over the past ten years, they have been working to make their way...
Why Sheikh Hasina Should be in Power Again?
The forthcoming Eleventh parliamentary election 2018 has created interest from all corners of society in Bangladesh and beyond. In fact, it’s a very important...
Who will be the leader of Turkey after Erdogan?
Since President Erdogan has been successful in every election he has entered for years, there is a view that "Erdogan will never lose" which...
Build the wall: The utility of futility
“Who mows the lawn?” was the question asked to the students. –“The Mexican mows the lawn”, was the answer a young man in his...
China: The Most Insecure Party-State of the 21st Century
For the past many years in a row, both for external and for internal security, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has spent billions of...
Efforts to return Syria’s Assad to Arab fold amount to hollow victory for autocrats
Two developments, the pending return of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to the Arab fold and protests in Sudan, Jordan and Tunisia, send contradictory messages...
Could India Have Remained an Undivided Country?
It would be a silly question indeed to ask why December 25th is celebrated. On the other hand, one could ask why it is...