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
In early July 2026, a major controversy erupted in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) when books supplied to government school libraries under the centrally sponsored Samagra Shiksha scheme were found to contain content glorifying convicted
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No one thought that Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel would lead to the horizontal expansion of a war. The West Asian geopolitical architecture stands on cosmic stories. Palestine has been
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International relations scholarship has long studied what is known as diversionary theory, or the “scapegoat hypothesis”, the proposition that political leaders facing internal legitimacy crises, economic strain, or social fragmentation have a
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The forgotten glory of Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War still beckons the nation to reclaim its founding ideals, unity, courage, and destiny. But Bangladesh has, since 5 August 2024, been unlawfully brought under
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For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has been treated as a narrow stretch of water with outsized geopolitical importance. Yet the latest regional security shocks have exposed a deeper reality. Hormuz is
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By November 1988, JVP suspects held in prisons had begun a protest movement demanding either their release or prosecution. The protest commenced on November 3, 1988. The rebel prisoners organized themselves to
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Sri Lankan government has initiated moves seeking the return of former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from the United States to face criminal proceedings in Colombo, according
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Russia’s decision to ban diesel exports this week has sent shockwaves through global energy markets, tightening supplies of one of the world’s most widely used fuels and driving prices sharply higher across
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China has accused the United States of supporting Tibetan independence after Washington reiterated its support for the Tibetan people’s right to preserve their culture and identity and called for renewed dialogue to
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Strengthening deterrence and deepening relations between Taiwan and Japan are essential to maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait, former Japanese national security adviser Shigeru Kitamura said on Thursday, as he highlighted the
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