Inclusion of Ethnicity in ID Card: A Bone of Contention in Afghanistan
The recent addition of 45 ethnic groups in the national database of identification card at the National Statistics and Information Authority in Afghanistan has...
Nine Years from Dominion to Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Thereafter
The parliament of UK passed the Indian Independence Act, 1947, on 18 July 1947 which stated that from 15th August 1947, British India would...
India’s Diplomacy and Strategic Policy: Between the Two Roofs
India's strategic policy and diplomacy, which has been defensive till now, is gradually becoming aggressive with the tenure of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi....
Bangladesh’s golden jubilee of independence and 1971 wounds
The writer is of the view that India should avoid marring BD’s independence celebrations by creating ill-will against Pakistan.
Bangladesh is celebrating its golden jubilee...
Politics of Ethnicity: Sri Lankan Case Study
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher called man a “social animal” by nature. Human survival has been a key characteristic and this depended on man’s ability...
Has India adopted an aggressive foreign policy?
In any nation the three critical tools of statecraft are diplomacy, intelligence and armed forces. India has tried to upgrade the three tools with...
India, A Flawed Democracy: Reality or Hypocrisy?
Coming close on the heels of an uncontrolled, un co-ordinated and questionable farmers’ agitation continuing in areas around Delhi, there have been a few...
India’s Modi to Firm up ‘Ties in Blood’ With Bangladesh
Bangladesh is celebrating 50 years of Independence, and none seems happier than India, the larger neighbour, at times derided as the “big brother.”
There are...
A look at Afghanistan’s Regional Diplomacy in the Transformation Decade (2014-2024)
Regionalism has played an important and fundamental role in the post-Taliban foreign policy of Afghanistan. Afghanistan's location at the center of turbulent regional subsystems...
How Free Is India?
Under Narendra Modi's virulent Hindu nationalist leadership, India has lost another prize: it is no longer designated as 'Free' in the latest Freedom House freedom report. ...