Monthly Archives: December 2015
Seaspark 2015
Pakistan Navy’s major maritime exercise SEASPARK 2015 has commenced in North Arabian Sea. In this regard a press briefing was held today at Karachi which was chaired by Rear Admiral Kaleem Shaukat, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Operations). Earlier, opening
ISIL won’t get very far in Afghanistan – for now
By Barnett Rubin Ideological and religious differences will continue to limit ISIL’s ability to recruit from Afghan Taliban. On March 25, 2015, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told the United States Congress that Afghanistan was the “front line” against the “terrible
Frequent floods intensify migration, food security in Pakistan’s mountainous north
By Saleem Shaikh & Sughra Tunio Ishaq Khan shivers as he recounts an unfortunate flash flood in 2010, which covered his maize and potato crop with mud and washed away over a dozen fruit trees he planted 45 years ago.
Nepal pulled between the Dragon and the Elephant
By Akhilesh Upadhyay Just before the annual festival season began across Nepal last month, nearly a decade after a civil war, and six months after a catastrophic earthquake, the country ushered in a new Constitution. Ideally, its long-awaited arrival would
The strange silence surrounding an Indian military exercise
By Ali Ahmed In late September, India’s media reported on a military exercise to be undertaken by one of the country’s three “strike” corps, 21 Corps. Since then, Indian military watchers have encountered only silence on the exercise. This is
Iranian leader cautions Russian president against US plan in Syria
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei told the visiting Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in Tehran that the US has a long-term plan to dominate the entire West Asian region, cautioning that Washington is also seeking to achieve its goals
Spirit of Federation
What is Federalism? Federalism is a political concept in which state powers and functions of government are divided between the central government and the constituent political units. Essentially this division of power takes place constitutionally. A federation comes into existence
Joint Statement between India’s and China
The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh is on an official visit to China (Beijing and Shanghai) from 18 November to 23 November, 2015. During the visit the Premier of the State Council of China, Mr. Li Keqiang met Shri
‘Indian machiavelli’ urges confronting China
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr Forget Gandhi and satyagraha. India needs to be more strategically assertive and take China on, a longtime national security advisor to New Delhi said today. And if the US doesn’t like it, then “screw you.”
India and the Politics of Extremism
By Hari Prasad & Samir Kumar The diversity of the polity and the BJP’s own political future will limit Hindutva prominence in Indian politics. The lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq and his family by Hindu extremists over rumored beef possession is