Afghanistan is not America’s new Vietnam
Just after 72 hours of the truce between the Trump Administration and Taliban, the deal is at stake when the latter decided to carry out attacks against the Kabul based Ghani government backed by...
Author: The Kootneeti Team
Afghanistan Swears in Two Presidents
Afghanistan’s president-elect Ashraf Ghani and his election rival, runner-up Abdullah Abdullah, took part in parallel swearing-in ceremonies Monday, fueling political tensions and posing a fresh challenge to U.S.-led peace efforts. Both ceremonies were initially...
Why troop withdrawal not easy? Analyzing truce in Afghanistan
On February 29, US’s and Taliban’s representatives signed a peace agreement that assures complete US troops withdrawal from Afganistan within 14 months. This agreement came after months of exertion from both sides. However, shelling...
Latest on the spread of Coronavirus around the world
The new coronavirus appears to now be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within, and airports in hard-hit countries were ramping up screening of travellers. Mainland China had 119 new confirmed cases as...
Russia poised to vote for “imperial” constitution
Just as the whole world prepares to combat the coronavirus pandemic, constitutional reform is underway in Russia, where a commission of prominent public figures loyal to the Kremlin has been working since January to...
Pakistan: The Shoddy Democracy
Democracy has been as much a catch cry in Pakistan since its creation and more intensely since the despotism of GEN Ayub khan as in most other parts of the world. Whatever their grade...
Myanmar President’s visit: What does it mean to India?
Myanmar’s President U Win Myint along with the First Lady Daw Cho Cho, paid a State Visit to India from 26 to 29 February 2020. They were accompanied by a 26 Member Delegation, including...
European Appeasement Is Alive and Well
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The word “appeasement” evokes dark memories of the Munich 1938 agreement, in which Britain and France made far-reaching concessions to the aggressive German Nazi state in order to avoid violent conflict. The betrayed...
Putin’s energies: Which oil and gas projects might push geopolitical confrontation in Eurasia?
The West does not like the energy policy of Russia. And Putin, as its ideologist. “Aggressive,” “annexing,” “Russian-style” – labels like these are in spades. But the market should not really bother about “political...
U.N. chief declares women’s inequality ‘stupid’ and a global shame
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called women’s inequality “stupid” and a cause for global shame on Thursday, as he pledged to press governments to end discriminatory laws in the face of a “strong and...
