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
Maj. Gen. (retd.) K.B. Egodawele believes the ban on import of chemical fertilisers and agrochemicals, in April/May 2021, that led to staggering drop in crop yields, and countrywide protests, had been a
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Water, in contemporary international relations, is far more than a natural resource; it is a strategic asset that shapes national power, environmental security, and state resilience. For Pakistan, a state of over
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Turkey’s secretive HAVA SOJ airborne electronic warfare aircraft has appeared in its clearest imagery to date, offering the strongest indication yet that the long-running program is approaching a more advanced stage of
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After months of mediation drama and so-called shuttle diplomacy by Field Marshal Asim Munir, there was a desperate attempt to secure strategic depth in the Middle East and rebuild ties with the
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Bangladesh is accelerating a major shift in its approach to water management and regional diplomacy, moving closer to China as decades of unresolved water-sharing disputes with India continue to fuel environmental, economic,
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The European Union has taken a decisive step toward a far more restrictive migration regime, agreeing on a new returns regulation that aims to accelerate deportations and expand the bloc’s capacity to
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Cheng Li-wun, the leader of Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), has warned that the island must avoid becoming “the next Ukraine” as she defends a controversial strategy of renewed engagement with Beijing.
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The Israeli writer Etgar Keret has long built his literary reputation on blending the absurd with the intimate, but in his latest reflections he describes a country where reality itself seems to
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The joint statement issued after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s May 23-26 visit to China was not merely another ceremonial reaffirmation of friendship between Islamabad and Beijing. It reflected something deeper: the steady evolution of
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China’s deepening demographic crisis has become one of the most pressing challenges facing President Xi Jinping’s government. Yet despite a decade of increasingly generous incentives, policy reversals, and official campaigns encouraging marriage
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