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India and ASEAN look to deepen partnership
- November 12, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: ASEAN & ARF
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The context and current focus of the India-ASEAN Summit are the Indo-Pacific. PM Modi noted the special role of ASEAN in India’s Act East Policy and the Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR) as also in the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative. ASEAN is aware that India was a protagonist of the Quad’s focus on ASEAN centrality. Quad is not mentioned in the documents, but the collaboration is not restrained in any manner.
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On Pakistan-TTP Talks – OpEd
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Pakistan
In a joint press conference held in Islamabad on November 14, 2020, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister [FM] Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Director General [DG] Inter-Services Public Relations [ISPR] Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar unveiled a dossier which supposedly contained “irrefutable evidence” of state sponsored terrorism being orchestrated by India against Pakistan.
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Indian aid and flag needs to touch down in Afghanistan. ‘Influencers’ are already flying in
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Afghanistan, India
In several recent summits, international actors have been jostling for space and status in Afghanistan. India can’t be conspicuous by absence.
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What Amit Shah’s Recent Kashmir Visit Means for Pak-Sponsored Terrorism
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Jammu & Kashmir
Amit Shah’s three day visit marks the importance that the Centre is giving to stabilising Kashmir.
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Hate against Shami, Bangladesh violence, Kashmir targeting – Disinformation our greatest threat
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Jammu & Kashmir
India loves cricketer Shami, so who started the hate? Similarly, in Bangladesh, how did the violence against Hindus start? Read before you outrage.
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NSA meet is a chance for Delhi to show Taliban victory doesn’t mean India’s defeat
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India
Pakistan NSA Moeed Yusuf won’t attend the Regional Security Dialogue in Delhi. He’s missing a major opportunity for peace.
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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words? Well, Not Always – OpEd
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Afghanistan, Taiwan
Umanitarian crisis precipitated by the Taliban’s forcible takeover of Afghanistan is fast spiraling out of control.
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Why Is Pakistan Perturbed By Prospects Of A Prosperous Kashmir? – OpEd
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan
Things aren’t going too well for Pakistan- while mounting external debt is driving the country to the brink of financial disaster, a Faustian deal struck with proscribed parties like Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan, and likelihood of another one with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan [TTP] terrorists, will surely bring Islamabad down to its knees.
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2021 ASEAN’s new realities
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: ASEAN & ARF
ASEAN summits often tend to be routine affairs with long joint communiques. But the 26th October Summit had interesting dimensions. ASEAN had to balance Indo-Pacific rivalries, suspend Myanmar from attending, and expedite trade services agreements. As it seeks to expand its global engagement, ASEAN must remember to remain an area of solace and stability for its members.
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The Ethiopian crisis needs urgent resolution
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Ethiopia
Gurjit Singh writes: It is best to allow Africa to solve this problem, with the rest of the world helping overcome stumbling blocks and setting up humanitarian corridors
