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China’s rising stakes in South Asian peace
A map showing Sino-Indian Geography Photo: CIA Factbook via Wikimedia China is adopting a multifaceted approach to ensuring peace in its neighborhood that involves diplomacy, economic partnerships and a balance of security equation in South Asia....March 15, 2017 1335 0 -
UN chief plans to talk to Indian, Pakistani officials on Kashmir
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is considering holding talks with officials from India and Pakistan on the deteriorating situation in Kashmir and will see how things can be improved on the ground. “He will talk to different...March 11, 2017 1210 0 -
US views Indian policy to ‘diplomatically isolate’ Pakistan as troubliing
Pakistan-India border at night, Photo: ISS Expedition 28 crew (NASA Earth Observatory) via Wikimedia Commons US Centcom Chief General Joseph L. Votel Thursday told Capitol Hill that India’s policy to ‘diplomatically isolate’ Pakistan hurts prospects for...March 10, 2017 1401 0 -
Pakistan home to two million Indian migrants
Wagah Border trade and travel crossing, Photo: Kamran Ali via Wikimedia Commons Nearly half of India’s migrants are in just three countries: the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan and the United States, Pew Research Center said in...March 8, 2017 1167 0 -
India escalates nuclear tensions
South Asia, NASA Map Pakistan is ringing alarm bells over what it calls New Delhi’s massive clandestine nuclear arsenal build-up as well its precarious nuclearization of the Indian ocean. Chief Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has...February 12, 2017 1121 0 -
China Pakistan Economic Corridor and South Asian Stability
A prominent Sweden-based think tank has termed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – a network of infrastructure connecting China from Pakistan’s north all the way to the Gulf through Gwadar port in the southwest – as a...February 5, 2017 2141 0 -
Pakistan returns Indian soldier : What’s next for South Asia ?
Wagah Border trade and travel crossing Photo: Kamran Ali via Wikimedia Commons Pakistan has returned an Indian soldier, Chandu Babulal Chohan, reportedly captured from the Line of Control (LoC) on September 29, 2016. “The soldier was...January 23, 2017 935 0 -
New UN Secretary General offers to broker Pakistan-India peace
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who assumed his functions as the world’s top diplomat this week, has offered to play role of an honest broker between Pakistan and India as the two South Asian nuclear powers face...January 7, 2017 1116 0 -
Pakistan seeks incoming Trump administration’s role on defusing South Asian tensions
Pakistan is seeking incoming Donald Trump Administration’s role toward defusing tensions between India and Pakistan stemming from the “inflamed” situation in Kashmir. “I think that can only happen if it (the United States) has a more...January 6, 2017 885 0 -
Russia’s growing ties with Pakistan leave India aghast
Gwadar Seaport Photo Credit: Umargondal via Wikimedia Commons Perhaps nowhere the maxim that nothing is constant in international politics rings as loudly as in Russia’s outreach to Pakistan that has left India stunned and aghast. Vladimir...December 22, 2016 1003 0