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Issue 27 – Winter 2019
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Chinese consulate attack puts Pakistan between a rock and a hard place0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 23, 2018
Dawn.com By James M. Dorsey 23 November 2018 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Two attacks in Pakistan, including a brazen assault on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, are likely to complicate prime minister Imran Khan’s efforts to renegotiate China’s massive, controversial Belt and Road investments
READ MORESecond Round of Talks between U.S. and Taliban concludes without an agreement0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 19, 2018
by Ahmad Shah Katawazai 19 November 2018 Second Round of Talks between U.S. and Taliban concludes without an agreement Second round of meeting between the Taliban and the U.S. special envoy for Afghan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad ended without any agreement. Earlier there were reports that the U.S. government is considering postponement of the Afghan presidential
READ MOREThe solutions to the Rohingya crisis: Voices from the Field0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 17, 2018
Nasir Uddin 17 November 2018 The world witnessed a massive refugee situation in the borderland of Bangladesh and Myanmar in 2017, where an extreme form of brutality perpetrated by the Myanmar security forces forced hundreds of thousands Rohingya people, known as the world’s most persecuted ethnic minority, fled to Bangladesh. Myanmar security forces, Burmese (Bamar)
READ MOREHow Student Community Reacted to the Killing of SPOs in Kashmir Valley: An interview with several students0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 14, 2018
by Paul Aabid 14 November 2018 The recent killing of SPOs and political party workers in the Kashmir valley created an outrage across the state. Both national and local media along with netizens cutting across the political lines condemned such killings. On a similar note while debating on this grave concern, the students studying in
READ MORESouth Asia: Is ‘regime-change’ an end in itself?0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 13, 2018
The alternative for India would and should be to shed the post-Cold War past here and now — re-look at the South Asian priorities. N Sathiya Moorthy 12 November 2018 If there is a ‘lesson’ the ‘international community’ (read: West) has to learn (!) from some of the events standing also in their name in
READ MORERon Paul: President Trump’s Iran Policy, Is It ‘Normal’?0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 13, 2018
November 13, 2018 Ron Paul It’s not often that US Government officials are honest when they talk about our foreign policy. The unprovoked 2003 attack on Iraq was called a “liberation.” The 2011 US-led destruction of Libya was a “humanitarian intervention.” And so on. So, in a way, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was refreshingly
READ MORERohingya refugees flee camps to avoid repatriation0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 13, 2018
Rohingya refugees perform prayers as they attend a ceremony organised to remember the first anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on August 25, 2018. Photo: AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar Rohingya refugees flee camps to avoid repatriation It’s not clear conditions
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Why Did The Pakistan Army Kill The ‘Father Of Taliban’? 0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 5, 2018
Maulana Sami ul-Haq’s supporters attend the funeral prayers in Akora Khattak BBC News November 5, 2018 Nauman Sadiq On Friday evening, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq was found dead in his Rawalpindi residence. The assassination was as gruesome as the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. He was stabbed multiple times in chest,
READ MOREIndia: Russian made S400-Sword or Shield0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 2, 2018
India’s quest of becoming a regional powerhouse through strengthening its military power has seen some significant developments in the recent times. The most recent and probably the most significant development is the sale of S400 missile systems from Russia worth upwards of five billion dollars. Often touted as the most advanced, accurate, flexible and
READ MORESri Lanka, the Indian Ocean, and the New Era of Great Power Competition0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 2, 2018
How will Sri Lanka manage a new era in the Indian Ocean? Prime Minister Modi delivers keynote address at the IISS Shangri-La dialogue | DD News by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera 2 November 2018 “We must not return to the age of great power rivalries. Asia in rivalry will hold us back; Asia
READ MORECan Nepal become Tourist Hub, despite India’s air-blockade?0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- October 22, 2018
Shangrila Alive By Hari Prasad Shrestha 22 October 2018 Recent India’s decision to refuse additional entry air routes to Nepal could be a big blow to its tourism industry in the future. In the past nine years, Nepal requested India to grant air routes, but India was only haunting without accepting or
READ MOREA gruesome murder bares world powers’ flawed policies0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- October 20, 2018
By James M. Dorsey 20 October 2018 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder raises fundamental questions that go far beyond Middle Eastern geopolitics. They go to the risks of support for autocratic regimes by democratic and authoritarian world powers, the
READ MOREKashmir: When PoK dwellers stand against Islamabad0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- October 19, 2018
By Nava Thakuria 19 October 2018 For millions of common Indians, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) functions like a province of Pakistan. It is guessed that nearly 4.5 million PoK habitants happily agree to any proposal from the Pakistan government in Islamabad. With the proximity of religion, the people of PoK seemingly feel comfortable
READ MORESir Syed Ahmed Khan – a man of vision0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- October 18, 2018
by JAVID AHMAD AHANGERR 18 October 2018 As we celebrate the 201st birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on 17 October 2018—the founder of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), at a time when the whole debate is about nationalism and hyper-nationalism. We are living in a strange time when false narratives are constructed by none
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