NEW DELHI: Pakistan has recently released a version of its National Security Policy, the first such document brought out publicly in the country. The document has the imprimatur of Dr Moeed W. Yusuf, who was earlier the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning, later re-designated […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “I don’t take these documents seriously because there is nothing to back them up with. It’s part of an elaborate image building exercise. You know Pakistan is seen as the epicentre of terror or as the MEA once described it, as the mothership of terrorism.” Now geoeconomics has become some kind of a […]Read More
Myanmar’s military is for the first time requiring the wives of its mid-ranking officers to undergo military training, according to some officers and their wives. The training for spouses of captains and majors was launched on Monday at battalions in Pyin Oo Lwin in Mandalay Region as well as in Taunggyi and Aungban in Shan […]Read More
A member of the negotiating team of the Resistance Front (RF) says they proposed the establishment of a transitional government in Afghanistan in their two-day meeting with officials of the Islamic Emirate hosted by Tehran. The Islamic Emirate delegates visited Iran on Saturday and returned to Kabul on Monday. The RF member, speaking on condition […]Read More
COLOMBO: During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit, Sri Lanka and China signed four agreements; namely an agreement on Economic and Technical Co-operation, the Letter of Exchange on the project of 2,000 subsidised housing units for the low-income category in Colombo, the Handover Certificate of the Technical Cooperation Project for the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Ending decades of uncertainty, India has firmed up its role in a strategic project in Sri Lanka that had been hanging fire since the Indo-Lanka Accord of 1987. After the Sri Lankan Cabinet gave its approval earlier this week, Lanka IOC, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Sri Lankan government have signed three […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On the first episode of ‘The Gist’ in 2022, Ambassador Amar Sinha, Former Member of the National Security Advisory Board(NSAB), India’s Ex-Envoy to Afghanistan and Distinguished Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Editor’s Note: These are quotes edited for space, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Barely 24 hours after India’s foreign secretary Harsh Shringla departed Myanmar after two days of talks with the military leadership, China gifted a submarine to the Myanmar Navy amid much fanfare. Does this suggest a certain lack of regard for India in Myanmar? In this conversation on StratNewsGlobal, Gautam Mukhopadhaya, former ambassador to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Sushant Sareen, Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation(ORF) in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. ‘The Gist’ discusses several Afghan Taliban officials criticising Pakistan and the Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) in interviews and whether they’re highlighting ruptures with their sponsors or if it’s just theatrics of independence, the […]Read More
Myanmar’s people collectively showed their defiance of the junta with a successful nationwide silent strike on Friday, making it clear once again that the regime would never be allowed to rule them, despite its seizure of power from the country’s democratically elected government in a February 1 coup. Roads in cities across the country, including […]Read More
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