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Reassessing Pakistan’s Economic Trajectory: Can Uraan Pakistan Break the Cycle of Debt and Dependency?
Despite being one of the world's largest recipients of International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans, Pakistan’s economy continues to falter, with rising poverty, inflation, and unemployment. In December 2024, Pakistan launched the Uraan Pakistan 5-Year Transformation Plan, a bold attempt to…
An Incipient Reset: India-China Economic Cooperation in the Trump Era
In October 2024, India and China reached an agreement that deescalated tensions along their bilateral border that had been ongoing since April 2020. While the agreement may not by itself have resolved the root causes of the issues between the…
The Quad in Trump 2.0: Need for a Broader View of Security
On his first full day as U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio met with the foreign ministers of the fellow Quad nations – India, Japan and Australia – and issued a joint statement committing to “advancing the work” of the…
नेपाल में चीन का बढ़ता प्रभाव
दिसंबर 2024 के आरम्भ में, नेपाली प्रधान मंत्री के.पी. शर्मा ओली ने चीन की आधिकारिक यात्रा की - चौथी बार प्रधान मंत्री बनने के पश्चात् विदेश में यह उनकी पहली द्विपक्षीय यात्रा थी। ओली की बीजिंग यात्रा पर नेपाली और विदेशी राजनीतिक और रणनीतिक…
U.S. Unilateralism on Arms Control and Impact on South Asian Stability
The world has been watching President Donald Trump’s every move closely since his return to the White House in January, and the implications of his presidency for global arms control loom large. The New START Treaty, the last remaining nuclear…
India’s Nuclear Bet: Liberalization, Small Reactors, and Big Ambitions
India’s nuclear energy goals have taken a significant leap forward with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s recent announcement of the Nuclear Energy Mission in the 2025 budget. With an allocation of Rs. 20,000 crore (USD $2.30 billion) to focus on the…