South Asia and Beyond

Pakistan Govt Paints Gloomy Outlook Of Economy

The Pakistani government, while projecting a further hike in inflation coupled with a slowdown of the economy, has said that delay in finalising a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was causing economic distress in the country. In its monthly outlook report, the finance ministry also said that political instability has started feeding strong […]Read More

Poll Delay Hearing: Nawaz Sharif Targets Chief Justice

On a day Pakistan’s Supreme Court rejected a request by the government to form a full court to hear the Opposition PTI’s petition against delay in holding Punjab Assembly polls, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif hit out at the top judiciary. Hearing of the case continued on Friday even after two judges on the five-member bench […]Read More

Sri Lankan Envoy Meets RBI Governor

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met the Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das at the bank’s headquarters in Mumbai earlier this week. “High Commissioner Moragoda thanked Governor Das for the support that India has been extending to Sri Lanka in the context of economic stabilization, particularly the currency swap arrangements and […]Read More

A Guide To Contemporary China

China Claims There Is No Taiwanese Minister Of Defence Tensions were raised recently at a press conference held by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs when a question was posed by a reporter on Taiwan’s “Minister of Defense.” Speaking on behalf of the Foreign Ministry, spokesperson Mao Ning stated that there is no such thing […]Read More

Understanding The World’s Second-Largest Continent

Putin’s Arrest Warrant Worries South Africa Since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on March 17 against Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, all eyes have been on South Africa. A question is on everyone’s lips: will the head of the Kremlin expected on August 24, 2023, on […]Read More

“The More China Threatens, The More The Quad Will Be A Central Group This Century”

NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Jeff M. Smith, Director, Asian Studies, The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. and Co-Editor of the think tank’s paper, ‘Winning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China‘ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Jeff Smith discusses The Heritage Foundation’s ‘Winning the New Cold War: […]Read More

Benjamin Netanyahu And Turmoil In The Promised Land

NEW DELHI: On Saturday, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant went public, calling for a suspension of the government’s controversial judicial overhaul process. The next day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that Gallant was fired, leading to massive public protests. On Monday, Netayanhu announced he was temporarily freezing the proposal and that the government would […]Read More

What Is Bharat 6G vision?

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a visionary document for rolling out 6G in the country by 2030. The Bharat 6G project, aims at developing indigenous telecommunication technology and making India a prominent exporter of this technology. The government is planning to implement 6G in two phases. In the first phase, from 2023 to […]Read More

In the Battle To Save The Planet It Is Now Or Never

NEW DELHI: Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the apex global body monitoring climate set up under the aegis of the United Nations, submitted its sixth assessment report. The findings are a grim wake-up call to the world, especially for the developed countries—the largest polluters in per capita terms. The report maintains […]Read More

“India Incredibly Important In Indo-Pacific & Beyond As Organic Model That’s Not Chinese Or Western”

NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Cleo Paskal, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, focusing on the Indo-Pacific region at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies(FDD) in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. “Look at a map,” Cleo Paskal points out and it is clear China “while focusing on Taiwan is leapfrogging to the Pacific Islands […]Read More

A Guide To Contemporary China

PLA Expels US Destroyer Trespassing In Chinese Territorial Waters, Says Spokesperson The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) expelled a U.S. destroyer when the latter trespassed into Chinese territorial waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea on Thursday amid continued U.S. attempts to destabilize the region, said a senior Chinese army official. Without […]Read More

Demand For Portfolios Delays Nepal Cabinet Expansion

Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ may have won the vote of confidence in parliament this week but Cabinet expansion is taking time, given the demands by alliance partners. Party leaders in the ruling coalition say there is a dispute over the number of ministries each one wants to lead. There are issues related […]Read More

Appointed Last Month, Pakistan’s Attorney General Quits

Less than two months after he took charge as Pakistan’s Attorney General, Shehzad Ata Elahi quit the top law office on Friday. There has been no official information of his resignation yet but sources claimed that the reason for his exit was that the government did not have a “comfortable correlation” with him. According to […]Read More

Pak Armed Forces Team Attends SCO Delhi Huddle

A Pakistani delegation comprising officers from the three armed forces attended a working group meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in New Delhi, the Foreign Office confirmed on Friday, raising the possibility of the defence minister travelling to India next month. India, the current president of the SCO, is holding a series of meetings […]Read More

TikTok Still Storing Some U.S. User Data Overseas, Says CEO

TikTok is still storing Americans’ data on overseas servers, potentially placing it at risk of being accessed and exploited by China’s communist regime. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified on the matter during a March 23 hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “Today, there is still some data that we need to delete […]Read More

As Disorder Becomes The New Global Order, India’s Options

NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow earlier this week served the guest and his host (Russian President Vladimir Putin) right. Putin, who’s under pressure and sanctions from the West for the war in Ukraine, signalled he isn’t isolated and has a strong friend (in Xi). The Chinese President, who is now into […]Read More

The New Chinese Leadership And Tibet

This year’s annual meetings of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)—popularly called the “Two Sessions”—saw a markedly lower level of focus on Tibet than in recent years. Unlike in the past, this year saw no special press conference by leaders of the Tibetan delegation nor was any statement […]Read More