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Why the Indian Ocean region might soon play a lead role in world affairs0
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- January 16, 2019
Craig Jeffrey, University of Melbourne In recent days, Australia’s foreign minister Marise Payne announced efforts to strengthen Australia’s involvement in the Indian Ocean region, and the importance of working with India in defence and other activities. Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi – a geopolitical conference co-hosted by the Indian government – Payne said:
China ramps up brainwashing campaign in TibetVideo clip showed backwardness of Communist Party’s bid to instill patriotic fervor via re-education camps and fear0
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- January 16, 2019
This picture taken on Feb. 28, 2018 shows a Tibetan woman watching a dance during the Great Prayer Festival of Losar, the Tibetan New Year, at a monastery in Tibet. The Chinese Communist Party is currently pushing its “Four Emphases and Four Loves” campaign to intensify loyalty to its rule in Tibet. (Photo by Johannes
Pakistan: Eight labourers killed as van buried in Kohistan landslide0
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- January 15, 2019
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE, PAKISTAN, K-P By XINHUA / APPPublished: January 15, 2019 Efforts underway to recover remaining four labourers still trapped under the rubble at Karakoram Highway. PHOTO: FILE KOHISTAN / ISLAMABAD: At least eight labourers were killed and several others went missing after a passenger van got buried by a landslide at Karakoram Highway in Kohistan district. The landslide completely
Sri Lanka launches new campaign on enforced disappearances0
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- January 14, 2019
Heartbroken Tamils still seeking answers about missing kin a decade later not sold on OMP’s move to ‘clear up confusion’ Activists and families of the disappeared demonstrate for their loved ones in Colombo in 2018. Tamils have long been demanding accountability for crimes they allege were committed during the nation’s long and bloody civil war. (ucanews.com photo)Quintus
Beijing tightens its grip on IslamabadDid China convince Pakistan to pay $90 billion for China’s benefit?0
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- January 14, 2019
China’s President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan ahead of their meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in November 2018. (Photo by Thomas Peter/AFP)Anders Corr Pakistan The Financial Times revealed on Jan. 1 that China is planning a secret US$2 billion loan to Pakistan to avoid any future
Great Power Rivalry Reaches Africa0
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- January 11, 2019
Anand KumarAnand Kumar is Associate Fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Click here for detailed profile January 09, 2019 The United States finds its position increasingly challenged by two emerging powers with global ambitions, China and Russia. This rivalry now threatens to engulf the continent of Africa as well. China has expanded its economic
Commentary
HATE PLASTIC CAMPAIGN NECESSARY?0
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- January 16, 2019
In recent years, around the world, the vigorous and noisy anti-plastic campaign by the so-called environmentalists and activists to stop using plastics for short term and long term need have been gaining strength, backed by the media campaign. The campaign against plastics has now virtually descended to a hate plastic campaign, making innocent people think
Pakistan Securing Its Maritime Interest and CPEC0
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- January 16, 2019
by Qur Tul Ain Hafeez 16 January 2019 The IOR is a major sea route that unites the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia with Europe and America. The excessive economic growth of littoral states of Indian Ocean obliges them to protect their energy needs and interests in order to endure their purchasing power. This
Inside the Beltway: Iran hardliners vs Iran hardliners0
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- January 16, 2019
By James M. Dorsey 16 January 2019 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Alarm bells went off last September in Washington’s corridors of power when John Bolton’s national security council asked the Pentagon for options for military strikes against Iran. The council’s request was
Inactive Lifestyle – Bangladesh’s Much Ignored Health Risks0
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- January 16, 2019
By Dr. Asad Khan 16 January 2019 In recent years Bangladesh has done well to achieve multiple health targets – has reduced under-5 infant mortality, eradicated most communicable diseases, increased longevity etc. etc. However, with the change of time and circumstances it now faces new challenges in health for which country’s health education and the
Induction of Pakistan A-100 MLRS and Deterrence Equation of South Asia0
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- January 16, 2019
by Syeda Saiqa Bukhari 16 January 2019 Pakistan inducted A-100 rocket in Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) into its arsenals, boosting the strength of Artillery Crop on January 4, 2019. The missile system was indigenously developed by Pakistani scientists and engineers. MLRS which comprise of two main elements: rocket munitions and a self-propelled platform to carry and launch
Recreating Popular Policies into Movies: The ‘Political’ Box Office in India1
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- January 14, 2019
How’s the Josh (Energy)? High Sir. How’s the Josh? High Sir. How’s the Josh? High Sir. Jai Hind! This particular dialogue from the movie Uri that released last week has taken social media and political circles by storm. One of the first releases by Bollywood and distributed by Zee Studios in India has garnered attention
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End of Year Editorial; Evolving Political Dynamics in South Asia
By M. Adil Khan, Guest Editor 2018 has been an eventful year for South Asia especially at the political level. During 2018 several countries in the region have had their elections and these elections have altered their political pictures. In others preparations for elections are underway and yet in others sub-national elections and their outcomes
2018 Bangladesh General Election: A Time for Stock-taking and Pondering the Stakes
By Adil Khan and Habib Zafarullah* 4 December 2018 The 2018 Bangladesh General Election scheduled on December 30, 2018 marks the end of two consecutive terms of the ruling Awami League (AL), first ever by any political party since 1991, the year a combined opposition movement against a decade long dictatorship resurrected and re-introduced