CPEC: A Turning Point in Sino-India Diplomacy?
The dream project of Chinese President Xi Jinping is to connect China to the world and revive the 2000 years old silk route which was conceptualized during the reign of the Han Dynasty in...
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China’s growing Geo-Economic Aspirations in South Asia
China’s growth in the world marked a stunning shift from Western-dominated geopolitics to Asian-dominated geopolitics. The Chinese claim that the Asian continent has been resolved into artificial topographies. A new world order based on...
Female suicide bomber kills three Chinese teachers and Pakistani at Karachi university
A suspected female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers in Karachi on Tuesday, police and officials said, drawing strong condemnation from Beijing, in the first major attack this year against nationals of long-time ally...
From Naya Pakistan to Old Pakistan: Challenges ahead for Shahbaz Sharif
The predictable fall of Imran Khan led government ensued the passage of no-confidence motion at Parliament of Pakistan on April 10th. Contrary to the expectation of opposition parties and political analysts, the ouster of...
India-China relations: looking back to look ahead
Why did the Chinese create a war-like situation the second time since the 1962 war on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh? The Early 1950s was the time when India was...
Emerging threats from Gwadar’s militarisation
People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) mulled over Gwadar as Kosher of all the operating bases in carrying out economic ventures from the Middle East and Africa. Providing China with strong diplomatic rights, Gwadar became...
How Current Events in Afghanistan provide India an opportunity to focus on its maritime power
With the new upturns in Afghanistan, the paradoxes in India’s strategic culture are being exposed. In this discourse, our civilisational history has become so overbearing that India has been consistently ignoring its geography- forgetting...
How relevant is Barry Buzan’s regional security complex theory in today’s South Asia and beyond?
The regional security complex theory of Barry Buzan examines the security complexes including the security complex of South Asia grounded on security interdependency among states positioned in a geographically coherent group that could be...
Massive torch rallies in PoK due to Chinese dams
Last night, a massive torch rally held in Muzaffarabad in the wake of protests going on in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (Pok) over the construction of Chinese Dams. They were against the major Chinese dams...
Pakistan is going deeper into the Debt Black Hole
Economic Disruption caused by COVID19 in Pakistan is exacerbating an already existing crisis. Pakistan’s debt-ridden economy does not have the capacity to absorb the massive shocks caused by the pandemic. The government which was...
