South Asia

Saudi Prince Mohammed’s religious moderation unlikely to change Asian realities

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may be seeking to revert his kingdom to an unspecified form of moderate Islam but erasing the impact...

Hurdles in Pakistan’s Quest for Reaching Space

Space exploration is an expensive national objective for the state to pursue. In addition, if a state is a developing country facing much pressing...

NAM, NaMo- NATO? Indian Foreign Policy in Transition

Trajectory of a nation’s growth rests on its past, and looks towards a better future with the present middling its way, improving upon the...

India’s Military Spending and South Asian Security

Over the past several years, unprecedented military modernization in Pakistan’s immediate neighbour, India, has worsened South Asia’s security environment. India's heavy military spending and...

US Call for a New Relationship

‘Trust, but verify’ an Old Russian proverb that President Reagan liked to repeat often. Trump is neither the first President nor he is going...

Special Economic Zones and CPEC

Economic Expansion, high prices and inflation are the issues on which one can talk for hours. The scarcity of resources, energy crises and lack...

Pakistan struggles to get a grip on militancy and ultra-conservatism

Seventy years after its birth, Pakistan is struggling to get a grip on Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism and its militant offshoots that were aided and...

Bangladesh Digital Security Act Protects Free Speech and Minorities

Since declaring its independence from Pakistan in 1971, Bangladesh has strived to build a secular democracy that protects the rights of all its people....

For peace in Afghanistan, talk to Afghans

Quite clearly, the beleaguered ‘national unity government’ in Kabul, which has faced blistering criticism at home and abroad for failing to stem violence, has...

China’s dilemma: Balancing support for militants with struggle against political violence

China’s recent failure to shield Pakistan from censorship by an international anti-terrorism funding and anti-money laundering body suggests that the People’s Republic is struggling...

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