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Why Trump Rejects the Need from Middle Eastern Oil0
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- February 23, 2020
It is the geopolitics rather than the economics of energy that will drive US interest, particularly as it regards efforts to change Iranian policies, if not the Iranian regime, as well as the longer-term power balance in the Middle East.SHARE Dr. James M. Dorsey 02/20/2020 Trump at the White House (Reuters) Oil may not be
READ MOREThe CAA Hurts Bangladesh-India Ties0
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- February 23, 2020
by Sabria Chowdhury Balland 23 February 2020 “A leader leads by example, not by force.” – The Art of War by Sun Tzu, 5th century BC Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has long been accused of sacrificing her country’s interests and well-being while selling out to India. This is not only the viewpoint of her
READ MOREJOURNEY OF A CIVILISATION: INDUS TO VAIGAI – Book review0
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- February 23, 2020
by N. Sathiya Moorthy 23 February 2020 At a time when Hindutva and pan-Tamil social media have been rivalling each other in propagating the relative antiquity of the culture and scientific temper of their forebears without challenging each other, R. Balakrishnan keeps it academic, strengthening internal evidence to establish the ‘Dravidian heritage’ of the Indus
READ MOREClimate Change: Need for Support of Political Narratives0
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- February 22, 2020
by Manoj Kumar 23 February 2020 Recently concluded Delhi Assembly Elections has symbolized the victory of ‘politics of performance’, the winner Aam Admi Party campaign was based on social welfare factors relating to common man namely water, electricity, education, health etc., but what all the contesting parties missed was the issue of pollution/climate change. Though
READ MORECoronavirus hosting animals smuggling from Northeast India to Chinese markets0
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- February 22, 2020
by Chandan Kumar Duarah 23 Frbruary 2020 As China is battling the outbreak of coronavirus, many studies have been doing the rounds linking the virus with wild animals. Experts with the World Health Organization (WHO) say there’s a high likelihood the new coronavirus came from bats. The Corona virus has so far killed around 2200
READ MORECOVID-19 in China: Testing the Quality of Humanity0
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- February 20, 2020
by Nilantha Ilangamuwa 20 February 2020 Many opinions have been penned and circulated the globe over a new outbreak of novel viral influenza. It has been killed over a thousand of innocent Chinese people according to official figures. As it came from China, no candlelight vigil had been holding at major cities in western countries,
READ MOREA closer look at refugee integration in India0
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- February 19, 2020
by Ujjwal Krishna 19 February 2020 Widespread protests against India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, have brought refugees front and centre in the national discourse. However, the state of the evidence on refugees and their integration in India remains sketchy at best. Introduction At a geopolitical level, India has maintained a restrained stance with respect to
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Off Ramps from Confrontation in Southern Asia – Book Review0
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- February 18, 2020
by Zahoor Ahmad Dar 18 February 2020 Boundless and unfading are the reverberations of some contretemps that forces many to untimely embrace their deathbed, and if by a happy chance one escapes it, pulls it down into a perpetual state of fire and brimstone. A nuclear war is an apt embodiment of such a contretemps.
READ MOREWAR, PEACE AND GENDER: WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS0
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- February 18, 2020
by Shrutika Pandey 18 February 2020 The cycle of conflict and peacemaking has been dominated by men for centuries, even though women constitute a vast majority of the civilians that are impacted in armed conflicts. Women are displaced, widowed, killed and raped on account of armed conflicts. The realization that women must have a role
READ MOREPricey Combat Planes and even Pricier Operational Costs0
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- February 18, 2020
by Jamal Hussain 17 February 2020 Acquisition of airpower is an expensive proposition. The exponential rise in the cost of successive generations of modern combat planes, which represent the queen in the air warfare chessboard, is a classic example. The piston engine/propeller driven powered predecessors of modern fighter-strike aerial platforms that were ubiquitous during the
READ MOREPakistan puts press freedom at the core of struggle for new world order0
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- February 17, 2020
By James M. Dorsey 17 February 2020 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts, Tumblr, Podbean, Audecibel, Patreon and Castbox. Sweeping new regulations restricting social media in Pakistan put freedom of expression and the media at the heart of the struggle to counter both civilizationalist
READ MOREPolitical, religious & demographic dynamics in South Asia& threatened co-existence of people with pluralities0
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- February 17, 2020
Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal 17 February 2020 Myth of rising Asia & the reality ‘Rising Asia’ now runs as a myth in many Asian and non-Asian countries. But such a myth hides many awful realities. The case of ‘rising Europe’ in the past with its mighty economy, military and technology provides valuable insights to analyse
READ MOREHARMONY OF RELIGIONS0
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- February 17, 2020
by Eduardo Faleiro 17 February 2020 Religion has emerged as a major source of conflict across the globe. Ideological strife has now given place to the “clash of civilizations” and it is felt that in the foreseeable future, religion will be a major source of conflict within and among nations. The possibilities of conflict are
READ MOREAssessing India’s Enhanced Air Defence Shield with reference to Pakistan’s MIRV Capabilities0
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- February 17, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 17 February 2020 Since the last few years, India has been continuously carrying out an extensive military modernization program aimed at enhancing its counterforce capabilities vis-à-vis Pakistan. Under this notion, one of its most important components is the enhancement of its air defence capabilities aimed at providing an extensive multi-layered air
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