South Asia

Sri Lanka’s Equidistant Policy vis-à-vis India & China!

Ameen Izzadeen, Colombo, Sri Lanka The dollar-starved Sri Lankan government is buoyed that it has been receiving financial assistance from India and China, which are vying for the dominance of the South Asian part of the Indo-Pacific region. In recent weeks, regular announcements that the country has received currency swaps and credit lines from both […]

Taliban led-Afghanistan, UN, And Nepalese Prospective

Dr. Rambhakta Thakur Kathmandu, Nepal Preview: The fall of King Zaher Shah of Afganistan1 in a coup d’état in 1974 was the beginning of a revolution to establish Afghanistan Republic on national level. Mohammad Daoud Khan seized power. This political game gave a rise of the influence of the then Soviet Union who later invaded […]

Pakistan’s Peace Initiative with India: At what cost?

The Bloomberg, on March 2021, reported UAE brokered secret talks between India and Pakistan. The Week dated April 15, 2021, says quoting Ayesh Siddiqa, a Pakistani defense analyst that she believed such meetings had been held for “several months”. Al Jazeera dated 15 April, 2021, too supports the secret India-Pakistan talks. Ayesa Siddiqa claims that, […]

Pakistan initiative: New SA Quadrangle within SAARC?

N. P. Upadhyaya Kathmandu: Neighboring Pakistan, better late than never, has freshly exhibited its fervent desire to see the almost dead regional body-the SAARC, to come to new life. The idea to give a new lease of life to the SAARC regional body was in all likelihood sounded by new SAARC Secretary General from Sri […]

Hindu-Muslim Divide: India heading to Civil War?

“It leaves you aghast when you hear things like the ones spoken at the conclave in Haridwar. What these people are calling for is a full-scale civil war. 200 million of us aren’t going to be wiped out so easily. We are going to fight back. 200 million of us call this our motherland. We […]