Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 06:40
Paper No. 6534 Dated 15-Jan-2020
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Afghanistan already suffering the tyranny of its geostrategic location generating Major Powers’ conflicting rivalries and if the decades-long disruptive strategies against it by its meddlesome neighbour Pakistan were not enough now stares at a turbulent Islamic neighbourhood with implications of pushing distant any chances of peace and stability.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 01/06/2020 - 12:47
Paper No 6531 Dated 6-Jan-2020
By Dr Subhash Kapila
The overheated Middle East conflictual environment with the US-Iran adversarial confrontation manifested in diverse domains moved a notch higher in January 2020 to ignition point by United States in what perceptionaly appears to be United States possible ‘War of Choice’ than a ‘War of Necessity’.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 01/06/2020 - 12:34
Paper No.6530 Dated 6-Jan-2020
Guest Column: By Dr. Rajesh Krishnamachari
The year has commenced ominously with increased US-Iran tensions triggered by the targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani, the long-term head of Iran’s Quds Force. In this note, we address three questions raised by this event:
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sun, 12/22/2019 - 12:28
Paper No. 6526 dated 22-Dec-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Pakistan and Pakistan Army stand at unprecedented political crossroads in December 2019 where Pakistan Army’s shock and awe with which Pakistan Army inflicted long spells of Army rule by Army Chiefs usurping political power seems to have waned as evidenced by cumulative political civilian protests and questioning of the Army combined with Judiciary assertion dating back to 2008.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 12/14/2019 - 13:07
Paper No. 6523 Dated 14-Dec-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) which recently held its Summit on completion of 70 years of existence presented a spectacle of inherent contradictions in its ranks while at the same time in the Summit Statement defining a new strategic challenge in the form of China. It remains to be seen whether NATO remains focussed on the ‘China Challenge’.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 12/03/2019 - 12:20
Paper No. 6520 Dated 3- Dec-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Perceptionaly as 2019 is ending, China’s 21st Century Emperor President Xi Jinping seemingly invincible with masterly control of all Party and Government organs under his absolute command seems to be losing that aura by being both externally and internally besieged that has serious implications for regional and global security and stability.
