Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
Pakistan is in a state of poly-crises and is hardly managing them, or rather, crushing and diverting attention by playing survival geopolitics with slim substance. On the economic and security fronts, Pakistan
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The much-debated “Islamic NATO” dream in the Middle East may have seen some light, at least on paper. Still, a closer examination suggests that this pact is largely symbolic, aimed at readjusting
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After getting stuck in the fog of war in the Middle East with Iran, the US is again playing a brinkmanship card in the region that will only fan the flames. Recently,
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Hitting more than 170 targets in Iran in 48 hours across two waves is an unprecedented escalation. The recent third wave of attacks, targeting more than 100 sites, has set the stage
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As Bangladesh began to show its first signals of hard geopolitical steering, drifting away from India and embracing China, that too strategically, India must ensure that its tactical footprint and core interests
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Some sense of diplomacy and peace has prevailed in West Asia after the US-Iran deal was signed. However, its durability remains questionable. India’s strategic response to almost five months of conflict in
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The long-awaited deal, which had been on the horizon, has finally been agreed upon by the US and Iran, with the final MoU due to be signed in Geneva. While the deal
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The first serious backchannel talks, or Track-II dialogues, between two countries began in 1987, when India was engaged in Operation Brasstacks, a massive war exercise by the Indian armed forces at the
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In an unprecedented situation, ceasefire prospects have been further complicated, and the risks and regional anxiety of a complete collapse of the ceasefire or of the deal on the table have heightened.
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Guns have fallen silent along the Af-Pak border after deadly clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan, with only limited skirmishes continuing. The ceasefire maintaining this fragile calm along the border remains precarious,
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