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Why Pakistani, Indian aviation industries promise growth despite regional troubles
A PIA Boeing plane, Photo: Robert Underwood/ Wikipedia With the land and maritime disputes in the South and the East China Sea, China-India disputes on the sovereignty over two separated pieces of territories, Aksai Chin in Jammu...April 11, 2018 1153 1 -
U.S. Afghan policy leaves many questions unanswered
President Donald Trump’s new policy for Afghanistan war and South Asia is getting mixed reactions from all over the world. Without mincing words Trump declared that Taliban insurgency is only possible because of Pakistan, while making...August 25, 2017 2167 0 -
China’s maritime expansion – A recast of the Silk Route or a New Future?
The Port of Shanghai in Yangshan Island Photo by Bigg(g)er/Wikimedia Commons The Mongols Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) ruled over China when the Great Kublai Khan – grandson of Genghis Khan – conquered China. But as they entrenched into...May 3, 2017 3792 3 -
Trump, Conservatism and Liberalism
The victory of President Donald Trump in the United States and rise of Conservatism elsewhere in the West have been described, among other things, a direct consequence of the failure of liberalism and the moderate leadership...February 13, 2017 2649 1 -
Did Obama’s foreign policy erode US primacy?
Photo : Pete Souza , via Wikimedia Commons The new US administration takes charge on January 20 and the political pundits and experts appear to be in the “wait and see” mode. A lot of...January 18, 2017 1393 0 -
US-Pakistan cooperative ties will be key to South Asian peace
South Asia is likely to remain a key area of focus for the United States as it has wide-ranging economic and security interests in the region. Recent skirmishes along the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir region...November 27, 2016 1683 2 -
For Trump, a fair anatomy of body politic could provide the way forward
Time Magazine, in its publication of April 2011, wrote about 10 gambles where Mr. Donald Trump put his name behind and busted. Those are Trump Airlines, Trump Vodka, The Bankruptcies, The Hair, The Marriages, Trump Mortgage,...November 15, 2016 1057 0 -
South China Sea tensions – What is the best way forward?
Recently an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that China has no legal rights to exclusive claim of resources within the “9-dashed line” – a U-shaped line in the South China Sea – which extends hundreds of...July 24, 2016 1108 0 -
Afghanistan-Pakistan relations key to peace
FEATURED IMAGE above shows historic Khyber Pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan Photo Credit: By James Mollison via Wikimedia Commons Once again – after Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s assassination by the drone in Baluchistan — the question has resurfaced as...June 1, 2016 1259 0 -
Panama Papers Shockwaves – Legal Recourse or Public Pressure?
Seen as the biggest corporate data leak in history, the so-called Panama Papers continue to rattle the tax authorities around the World, as they scramble to plug loopholes that were so immaculately exploited by wealthy...April 14, 2016 992 0
