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Chinese Spy Ship Yuan Wang 5 and implications of its docking in Sri Lanka
- August 25, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, Sri Lankan
No CommentsThe Sri Lankan government could not dare to deny the permission to China but it communicated to the Chinese to defer the docking plan. This was probably a balancing act of Sri Lanka between India and China.
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The Role of Perceptions in India-Germany Relations
- August 25, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Germany, India
The battle of perceptions is an important dynamic in the conduct of international relations, as perceptions are often regarded as key determinants of policy.[1] International relations are thus often structured on the basis of commonality of goals, a mutual assessment of the power of each player, and the status assigned by each actor to the other.
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Hizb chief Salahuddin’s son and three others sacked by J&K admin
- August 25, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Jammu & Kashmir
There may be many divergent views on the J&K government’s recent sacking of four employees by invoking Article 311 (2) (c) of the Indian Constitution that allows termination of service without holding an inquiry “in the interest of the security of the State”.
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Pakistan’s Waziristan Protests Show How the Country Is at War With Itself
- August 25, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Pakistan
The people’s protests in Waziristan are only another instance of a crumbling state.
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Resolving Siachen Dispute Amid LAC Standoff with China
- August 25, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, India, Siachen
India and Pakistan got independence in August 1947 in compliance with Independence Act 1947 passed in UK Parliament on 18 July 1947.
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Balochi Lives Don’t Seem To Matter – OpEd
- July 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Pakistan
There isn’t a single impartial rights organisation of repute [including the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan] which hasn’t repeatedly brought out how the people of Balochistan are the hapless victims of institutionalised human rights abuse ranging from abduction to illegal confinement and enforced disappearances to extrajudicial killings by the Pakistan army and paramilitaries, levies and intelligence agencies under its command. Advertisement
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China’s foreign policy aims in Nepal
- July 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, Nepal
China’s growing influence in Nepal, especially towards the Terai bordering India, where it has been given the responsibility of creating or remodelling Lumbini into a world peace city, could be a significant challenge for India to maintain a balance between the two neighbours.
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NATO’s Madrid Summit and the Potential Expansion to Include Finland and Sweden
- July 12, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Afghanistan, Europe, Iraq, NATO, Russia
With war in Eastern Europe, and one involving Russia, could a NATO summit be far behind. Ever since 1991 when the Soviet Union finally broke up and NATO rejoiced in victory there hasn’t been an occasion as serious as the one being currently encountered in Europe.
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China’s Global Influence is Waning
- July 12, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: China
China’s rise, role in international affairs and the influence it wielded was natural. Geopolitically it had brought America’s ”unipolar” status to an end.
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China in Nepal: Another proxy war with India?
- July 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, India, Nepal
It resulted in the signing of the Sino-Nepalese Treaty of 1792, which provided a tribute-bearing mission from Nepal to China every five years as a symbol of China’s political and economic supremacy in the region.