NEW DELHI: America’s latest gambit of convening a meeting of national security advisers from three countries (India, Saudi Arabia and UAE) to counter China’s BRI reflects its growing loss of influence in the Arabian Gulf and the broader Arab world, says Talmiz Ahmad, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The diplomat turned scholar who is well […]Read More
Afghanistan is stable, secure and there is relative safety when one is travelling through the country, says Arshad Yusufzai, Peshawar based Pakistani journalist who travels frequently across the Durand Line. In the first of two conversations recorded for The Gist, Yusufzai says that while it is safe to travel through the countryside economic conditions are […]Read More
GOA: At the meeting of SCO foreign ministers, the media attention was largely focused on Pakistan’s attendance. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari became the first Pakistani foreign minister to visit India in over a decade, which led to questions about a so-called ‘breakthrough’ in bilateral ties. At the press briefing, External Affairs Ministers put all speculation to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Was Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang hinting at some concessions at the end of his bilateral with S. Jaishankar on the sidelines of the SCO in Goa? Note these words: “…push for further cooling and easing of the border situation and maintain sustainable peace and tranquility in the border areas.” Of course, it […]Read More
US Is Turning Taiwan Into ‘Powder Keg’: FM Spokesperson Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Friday expressed opposition to the strengthening military collusion between the United States and the Taiwan authorities, saying that the U.S. is turning Taiwan into a “powder keg.” Mao made the remarks at a regular press briefing when asked to […]Read More
President Biden Okays Sanctions On Sudan Warring Chiefs, Backers The US government has authorised the imposition of sanctions on Sudan’s warring chiefs, declaring that the violence since April 15 constitutes an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.” In an Executive Order on Thursday, President Joe Biden […]Read More
A court in Islamabad will indict former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case, in which he is accused of taking gifts in an illegal manner. Khan’s lawyer argued that the case be dismissed, saying the Election Commission’s petition was “non-maintainable” and the sessions court did not have the jurisdiction to hear the matter. […]Read More
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the ninth review of the $1.2 billion bailout programme will be completed once Pakistan completes necessary prerequisites. The Pakistani government will also have to satisfy the global lender about the policies that it wants to roll out, including the budget for the current fiscal year—a demand that finance […]Read More
The foreign ministers of China and Afghanistan are in Islamabad to attend a trilateral meeting with the host state. Qin Gang, who is on his first trip to Pakistan, and Amir Khan Muttaqi will also hold bilateral talks with their Pakistani counterpart. Muttaqi, who has long been under a travel ban, arms embargo and asset […]Read More
Against the backdrop of anti-judiciary rhetoric by several ministers, Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial has said the court is exercising restraint and that no one should “misunderstand our intentions”. An appropriate order would be passed on holding simultaneous elections to the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies on the same date, he insisted. […]Read More
China’s newly revised military conscription law went into effect earlier this week, the focus being on reenlisting retired service people and recruiting college students with expertise in space and cyber warfare. Currently, China has 2 million military personnel, 35 percent of which are conscripted, serving for two years. The revisions allow retired service people to […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point‘, Dr Geeta Kochhar, Assistant Professor, Centre for Chinese and South East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU), Founder & Host, ‘Nation-State Dialogue‘ and Dr M.S. Prathibha, Associate Fellow, East Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses(MP-IDSA) in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The panel […]Read More
“The youth is strong, so the country is strong.” “The future belongs to the youth, and hope is placed on the youth.” Propaganda on Chinese social media marking the 104th Anniversary of the May 4th Movement. One hundred and four years ago, on May 4th 1919, over 3,000 students from 13 Beijing colleges launched a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: For a host of reasons, China has become the center of global debate and scrutiny. The Western block of nations, which had nurtured the Chinese economy for most of the last three decades, have suddenly turned hostile. Worse, they are trying hard to reduce their dependence on China and decouple from it. This […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Despite disengagement by Indian and Chinese troops at some places along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Control, tensions remain high. The Chinese are trying to show that they are the Big Brother and they expect India to be subservient, which is unacceptable, says Lt Gen. Sanjay Kulkarni (Retd), Former Director […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The stakes for the Arctic have never been higher with climate change on one side and geopolitics on the other. But as Norway takes over the chair of the Arctic Council next week from Russia, there is expectation that Oslo given its traditional good relations with Moscow, will bring positive focus on the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: United Nations suggests India will displace China as the world’s most populous country by the middle of this year. It will have nearly 3 million more people than China, according to the UN Population Fund estimates. India’s next census will happen next year.Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s President Xi Jinping has unveiled three big ideas covering global development, security and civilization. These are the product of China’s experience of the world in recent years and also reflect its concern over the turbulence in great power relationships, says Manoj Kewalramani, China scholar at the Takshashila Institution. In this conversation on […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The standoff due to incursion by PLA (People’s Liberation Army) troops into Depsang area of Ladakh in 2013 lasted three weeks but had a lasting effect on India about the need to prepare better to counter Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). At that time, there was just one Army division, […]Read More
President Xi Says Special Envoy Will Visit Ukraine China will send a special representative on Eurasian affairs to visit Ukraine and other countries to conduct in-depth communications with all parties on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis President Xi Jinping said recently reiterating that dialogue and negotiations are the only viable way out of […]Read More
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