Six days ago, the US State Department sanctioned three Chinese and one Belarusian entity for supplying components to Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme. The decision came just two days ahead of the visit by Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, to Pakistan. Some Pakistani commentators believe this was a warning to Islamabad, that given its bankrupt state and […]Read More
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif was at a conference with business leaders in Islamabad where he was urged to open trade with India and also bury the hatchet with Imran Khan, the ousted former prime minister. Dawn quoted Arif Habib of the Habib Group as telling Shahbaz Sharif, “I suggest you do a few more […]Read More
The title of the event “12 International Meeting of High-Level Officials Responsible for Security Matters”, may appear a work of genius to the bureaucrat who thought it up. But given that it’s the 12th meeting of its kind, and was attended by representatives of 106 countries including India’s NSA Ajit Doval, merited attention. It was […]Read More
There’s a churn underway in East Asia and this is not just about Chinese naval vessels steaming through the South China Sea in their campaign of intimidation and land-and-sea grabbing. It’s about long-time treaty allies seeking to step up their relationship at a time when the seas around them are under increasing threat from China. […]Read More
All too often, the India-Maldives narrative boils down to whether it is pro-India or pro-China, and in that respect the current government of President Muizzu, is seen as favouring China. But as Ambassador Pankaj Saran, former deputy national security adviser told StratNews Global, this overlooks the domestic issues that dominate everything else. He pointed out […]Read More
One of two losing candidates in Indonesia’s recent presidential election, has lost a petition filed in the Constitutional Court challenging the victory of Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto and his running mate. Anies Baswedan sought a re-run of the presidential election, but the Constitutional Court dismissed it saying there was no evidence to his allegation that […]Read More
According to the leading think tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), global military spending increased by 7% to $2.43 trillion in 2023. It is the highest annual rise since 2009 and is attributed to worsening international peace and security amid ongoing conflicts. The top three spenders in 2023 were the United States, China, and […]Read More
There is outrage in Israel over reported US plans to sanction an army unit, the Netzah Yehuda battalion, for alleged abuses. War Minister Benny Gantz was quoted by the Times of Israel as saying that “The decision to impose sanctions on an IDF unit sets a dangerous precedent and conveys the wrong message to our […]Read More
The much-hyped visit of Tesla’s Elon Musk will not happen. It’s been put off to later, presumably because of elections in India although a Musk post on X referred to “very heavy Tesla obligations”. In this interview with auto journalist Kushan Mitra recorded before Musk’s cancellation, Mitra argues that Tesla is the top gun in […]Read More
Japan is now a security provider in East Asia, a historic development given the traditional suspicion with which it has been viewed in the region. This flows from the three-way summit of the US, Japan and the Philippines at the White House recently. In this interview on The Gist, Dr Satoru Nagao, non-resident scholar at […]Read More
A 12-person jury has been sworn in for ex-President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in a New York court. This sets the stage for arguments that could begin as early as Monday, says the BBC. The trial is about Trump’s alleged payment of $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an affair she […]Read More
Israel has hit Isfahan airport with missiles, according to Al Jazeera. But it also quoted the Fars news agency as saying there were several explosions in Isfahan province, air defence missile systems had been put on alert and flights from several airports had been suspended. It quoted Fars as reporting that “The cause of the […]Read More
“They want to tell Iran that they will really strike back. But I don’t see that happening anytime soon. And the reason is the reservations that the American administration has against retaliation at the moment. America has said in very clear terms that it will not join any counter attack on Iran.” Khinvraj Jangid is […]Read More
Israel is unlikely to attack Iran now, nor will it turn its guns on Rafah in Gaza, where thousands of Palestinian refugees are camped along with the remnants of the Hamas brigades and of course the Israeli hostages taken last October. Khinvraj Jangid, Visiting Faculty at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, told StratNews […]Read More
Pakistan will be seeking a three year multi-billion dollar loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support its economic reform programme, says Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb. A report in the Pakistani daily Dawn said Aurangzeb is now in Washington DC for discussions with the IMF and the World Bank. Dawn quoted Aurangzeb as […]Read More
“It is my belief that we need to urgently address the prolonged situation on our borders so that the abnormality in our bilateral interactions can be put behind us.” That was Prime Minister Modi on relations with China in his recent interview with Newsweek magazine. It sparked interest among diplomats and China scholars here, given that […]Read More
Was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indifferent to the plight of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas? Did he even undermine efforts to strike a deal with Hamas that would have ensured their release? The Times of Israel, quoted two negotiators identified only as A and D, as saying that there was an atmosphere of […]Read More
If he were president, Iran would never have attacked Israel, claims former President Donald Trump. In a post on his Truth Social app, Trump wrote “Israel is under attack. This should never have been allowed to happen. This would never have happened if I were president.” President Biden had earlier said his country “Will stand […]Read More
“Essentially we are balancing, we are meeting everyone and talking to everybody. But if you look at the substance of the chat that Ukraine’s foreign minister had with our people, nothing significant has changed. You know, it’s not that we are changing our position on Russia.” With that Nandan Unnikrishnan, head of the Russia studies […]Read More
The civil war in Sudan is now a year old with no end in sight to the fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF). According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), nearly two million Sudanese refugees have streamed into neighbouring South Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, Egypt, […]Read More
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