China’s Defense White Paper: Key Implications for India
The national defense white paper (NDWP) issued by China’s Ministry of National Defense in late July is the most recent official document on defense and […]
Category: Geopolitics
Sri Lanka’s Maritime Security Dilemma
Within the broad category of maritime security—which encompasses dealing with piracy, terrorism, territorial disputes, trafficking, and natural disasters—an emerging global trend is the push for […]
پاک امریکہ تعلقات:محتاط امیدوں کے ساتھ مستقبل کی جانب پیشقدمی
گزشتہ ماہ کے آخری دنوں میں وزیراعظم عمران خان کے پہلے سرکاری دورہ امریکہ نے پاک امریکہ تعلقات کے ایک بار پھر “دوبارہ ترتیب” پانے […]
Mr. Khan Goes to Washington
As the dust settles following Imran Khan’s first U.S. visit as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, reviews of the trip are decidedly mixed. While Khan likened his visit to […]
What Does Nepal Expect from Modi 2.0?
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his second term in May, there was a sense of expectation in Kathmandu that the Nepal-India relationship would […]
ASEAN’s Outlook for the Indo-Pacific: An Attempt to Set Rules of the Game
Negating allegations that the grouping takes weak positions on issues of geostrategic sensitivity, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently came out with the […]
Clarify and Respect the Line of Actual Control
Introduction China and India – both rising powers and nuclear-armed states – are locked in an intensifying security dilemma. China seems to have the upper […]
Cooperation Against Competition: India and China in the Energy Sector
There is a rising demand for and consumption of energy in China and India. Both countries are increasingly relying on energy imports to meet their […]
Use Environmental Diplomacy to Resolve the Sir Creek Dispute
Introduction The Sir Creek dispute concerns a 38-square-kilometer estuary near the ecologically significant Indus delta area south of the Rann of Kutch. The origins of […]
کارگل کے بیس برس بعد؛ پاکستان کی ابدی میراث
سال رواں میں پاکستان اور بھارت کے مابین ۱۹۹۹ میں ہونے والے کارگل تنازعے کو رونما ہوئے دو دہائیاں پوری ہوئیں۔ ایٹمی تجربوں کے […]