The Taliban-Afghanistan Dilemmas
The Blitzkrieg winning back of Afghanistan by the Taliban with the concomitant US pullout established Taliban 2.0 in Kabul. But this has created a...
How India utilised the AFSPA to suppress freedom movements?
The freedom movements in the volatile north-eastern state of India predate the Partition. The Englishman realised importance of the North East as it could...
The myth of “shared values”
The Indian prime minister’s visit to the USA underlines a paradigm shift in the United States’ policy: a shift from Europe to Asia. The...
Comparing textbooks: Even Afghanistan scores better than Pakistan
Societal struggles and reform often take unexpected turns in vast swaths of land stretching from the Middle East into Central Asia.
Take education for example.
The...
Pakistan as a Gateway
Pakistan is a gateway state and has been facilitating the US in the past. Since early 1950s, Pakistan joined American club and was working...
Prospects and Scenarios for Afghanistan: Russian and Chinese Interests
Russia and China’s Common Interests in Afghanistan
The interests of Russia and China in Afghanistan, as well as those of the adjacent countries in Central...
Is Afghanistan Slipping Out?
Looking at the worsening situation in Afghanistan, India has shut down its consulates at Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Herat. At the same time India...
The Taliban Takeover and Afghans Ontological (In)Security
Since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in mid-August 2021, the general public, media, and academic environments have tremendously discussed the event’s security implications....
And Afghanistan Survives as the Graveyard of Empires
Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan once tried hard to conquer the area now known as Afghanistan. Not just as "The Graveyard of Empires"...
Why Prime Minister Khan has failed?
One of the finest quote attributed to James Freeman Clarke is, “a politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation”....