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...
Tiny Lithuania is showing the way to Europe, how to protect universal values like human rights and liberal democracy and also the unity of the European Union from the challenges posed by China. Bigger members of the EU, Germany, France...
Critics in Pakistan have used the unflattering but universal saying “fools rush in….” to describe their Prime Minister Imran Khan’s flight to Moscow, the capital of what is decidedly the world’s latest war zone. There is dismay, even concern, reportedly...
Far from being a “Wild West” without coherent international law and institutions, the Arctic Ocean is governed by both global and regional agreements. While there is competition in the region over boundary claims and resources, shipping routes, and geostrategic influence,...
A decade ago, as climate change was altering the geography of the region, the resource potential of the North grabbed attention, and states saw the chance to turn a profit. Today, this focus has shifted to concerns about the increased...