The current US foreign policy is widely perceived as assaulting the USA’s global alliance system, adhering to President Donald Trump’s unhinged and vacuous distaste for alliance politics. The Trump administration’s …
Finnish President Alexander Stubb recently argued that the “Global West” — comprising Western democracies and their allies — and the “Global East” — largely China-led, anti-West, and allegedly “illiberal” states …
One of the prime conditions for the ascension on the global prestige ladder is to be a major arms exporter. Countries with advanced defence industries and global arms market exert …
In 1939, as the storm of World War II was gathering over Europe and Asia, the Neville Chamberlain government found itself overwhelmed while handling challenges in the nearby Mediterranean Sea …
The appointment of Noor Ahmad Noor as the Taliban regime’s new chargé d’affaires to India this January, when juxtaposed with the direction of Taliban Minister for Tribal Affairs Nurullah Nouri …
The ongoing US–Israel–Iran conflict has, on the one hand, sent shockwaves through global energy supply chains, especially in Asia. On the other hand, it has made US allies and partners …
At the dawn of 2026, as South Asia bathed in the cheerful wave of democratic celebrations in Bangladesh and Nepal, the results of the public mandate were equally significant. When …
Unrest in the neighbourhood naturally has spillover effects, but it takes an insidious turn when attempts are made to associate the mayhem with a larger geostrategic game plan by the …
Asim Munir may be happy as a gopher in soft dirt, anointing himself as the de facto ruler of Pakistan, but he should be bewailing this apparent misadventure. His country …
As Tarique Rahman was taking the oath as Bangladesh’s eleventh prime minister on a pleasant spring evening of 17th February, he was setting the dawn of a new era. The …
Seven decades ago, when India jointly organized the Asia-Africa Summit in Bandung, Indonesia, in April 1955, the urge was to project the resolution of the two great continents to jointly …
During its counterinsurgency operations (COIN) in the restive Afghanistan-Pakistan border in post 9/11 era, the Pakistan Army sustained immense casualties at the hands of the Al-Qaeda and Taliban, who went …
Greek philosopher Aristotle termed democracy the most perverted form of government, where many, as rulers, disregard the common interest. However, the aspiring leaders of Bangladesh appear to be competing with …
The op-ed article titled It Is Over, authored by U.S based Pakistani PhD scholar Zorain Nizamani, published on 1st January this year but removed within hours of its publication in Express …
The 21st-century international relations are viewed in terms of the attrition of Western dominance and the simultaneous rise of the non-Western world. Eminent scholar Kishore Mahbubani, in his book The …
The US secret report on the Bangladesh Liberation War prophesied on 6th December 1971, just days before Pakistan surrendered to the Indian Army, that the propensity of extremism, radicalism, and …
The celebrated Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is bringing more shame than success to the home government. Nepal’s anti-corruption body has recently filed criminal charges against a Chinese State-owned construction …
India’s relations with Southeast Asia have evolved with time, from economic collaboration under the Look East Policy of the 1990s to strategic and security cooperation at the turn of the …
The civil war ravaging Myanmar, which is pushing refugees across the border to India, is also entrapping the Indian citizens in its den of cybercrime. The recent reports of 500 …
Security dilemma, amidst the existential condition of uncertainty in international relations, is a familiar predicament experienced by the decision makers of states. The recent decision of the interim government of Bangladesh to …
Lord Curzon, while delivering a lecture on frontiers at Oxford University in 1907, said that frontiers are the chief anxiety of nearly every foreign office in the civilized world. If …
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