One of the important aspects of China historically has been the role of the Communist Party of China (CPC). As the CPC is central to the very existence of China as a nation, its membership contributes significantly to the activities...
China is sailing into the Pacific Ocean to win over smaller island countries as it wants to establish a new world order that has a lesser influence of the US and its allies. However, trouble is brewing in its backyard....
The weight of the Russian war in Ukraine is already being seen in our energy bills on a global level, as a result of the reorganisation of energy relations across the world (especially in Europe). Food safety is also a...
In an unprecedented provocation, Pakistan conducted airstrikes on April 16 in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost and Kunar provinces to target alleged hideouts of the terrorist group, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The air raids resulted in the killing of 47 innocent civilians, including...
The geostrategic compulsions created by the Ukraine and Afghanistan crises compelled Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit South Asian countries to find common ground and project a unified front with headwinds expected from the West. Within a span of...
Despite the undoubted success of the Abraham Accords, Anti-Semitism still flourishes across much of the Middle East and North Africa, e.g. Algeria. Indeed, the growth of Algerian Anti-Semitism is, at least in part attributable to the success of those accords...
Tiananmen in Chinese means “Gate of Heavenly Peace”. But what happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989 negates the very meaning of the word. Around 10,000 Chinese people were killed by its own government for seeking democratic rights. Thousands of other...
One of the cards Pakistan displays to tout its importance and international standing is its strategic position at the junction of a vast region of geo-political importance. Oil and gas from Central Asia and even Russia would be flowing into...
The leader of Somalia’s Hirshabelle, Ali Gudlawe, region says dozens of people were killed Wednesday in attacks in the city of Beledweyne, including a member of the Somali parliament. Several more people died when militants opened fire at an airport...
Pakistan’s fate has inevitably come to rest with the Pakistan Army, more so in the hands of General Qamar Javed Bajwa who, in 2014 as the X Corps Commander, was instrumental in securing Islamabad for Imran Khan. In fact, Bajwa...