Analysis

The Troika Plus meet in Doha and the imminent fall of Kabul?

N. P. Upadhyaya The much publicized and long awaited Troika Plus meet in Doha, Qatar August 11. 2021, has called for an “accelerated peace process for Afghanistan” as a, what it calls, “matter of great urgency” and for an immediate halt to attacks on provincial capitals and cities in Afghanistan, reports Reuters from Dubai. A […]

Kathmandu, Kashmir & Kabul: South Asia’s Burning Points!

N. P. Upadhyaya, Kathmandu: The stage is set for a high voltage regional conflict. The South Asian region is in turmoil. The probable fight will be a triangular one that includes the US, regional hooligan India and Nepal’s Northern neighbor-China. If politics further worsens, emerging regional super Pakistan and Putin’s Russia may enter into the conflict. […]

Troika + and Afghan Peace Process!

N. P. Upadhyaya, Kathmandu: Russia under Vladimir Putin had hosted a regular meeting of the extended Troika on March 18, 2021, wherein the high representatives of Russia, China, the United States, and Pakistan, had met in Moscow which exclusively centered its deliberations on making progress in the intra-Afghan process to reach a negotiated settlement and permanent […]

Political center of gravity shifts to South Asia’s Nepal!

N. P. Upadhyaya, Kathmandu: The forces which unseated Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli have some more “hidden” designs which remains to unfold in the days ahead. The ultimate aim is at least to Bhutanise the ever independent and sovereign nation-Nepal. But isn’t Nepal already an Indian protectorate? Nepal is no less than an Indian Province. Though […]

The Grand Fight: US-China Face à Face In Nepal!

N. P. Upadhyaya, Kathmandu: The current Nepali politics is more than what meets the eye. In many more ways than one, India imposed Republican Order has exposed itself. Politics has derailed and is apparently back to the erstwhile Panchayat System which was, needless to say, uprooted by the Indian regime itself-the recognized expansionist and interventionist. A […]