International Relations in India & Beyond
The recent meeting of the Turkey-Pakistan High-Level Military Dialogue Group (HLMDG) has induced suspicions about Pakistan’s closet backing for Turkish nukes. The gathering was held between December 22nd-23rd, 2020. Islamabad’s delegation was headed by...
As India approaches for its two-year term at the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member, it has been asked to chair 3 crucial committees — the Taliban sanctions committee, the counter-terrorism committee...
Talks around the persecution of the Hazara community has emerged after the deaths of 11 Shia Hazara coal miners in a terrorist attack in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The plight of Hazaras in Pakistan was noted by...
The mastermind behind the 26/11 attack in Mumbai that shook the world, Hafiz Saeed, was recently convicted by Anti-Terrorism Court, Lahore, Pakistan. Hafiz Saeed was sentenced for 10-year jail for two terror financing cases...
Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in an interview to The New York Times in 1971, had said, “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” She made this comment with regard to the...
Severing diplomatic ties between Pakistan and France would damage the economy and undermine the battle against militant Islam. Expelling an ambassador is a dramatic step which has profound consequences. Occasionally governments may deem it...
Pakistan has been retained on the Paris-based global money laundering and terrorist financing overseer Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list. This shouldn’t make India sanguine. India is itself scheduled for a FATF evaluation...
“History is past politics and politics is present history”, this quotation perfectly summarises the deeply intertwined relationship between history and politics; It is certainly not possible to understand one without taking into account other....
The anxiety regarding India’s towering presence in the South Asian region plays an important role in most of the bilateral relations in the region, the bilateral ties of Kathmandu and Islamabad being no exception...
The head of the Afghan government High council for national reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah called for an altruistic truce between the Afghan government and the Taliban. This is regarded as the first-ever peace talks held...
