‘Sunni Muslim NATO Alliance’ 2017 commanded by former Pak Army Chief reviewed
Paper No. 6253 Dated 08-May-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
The Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism (IMAFT) sponsored by Saudi Arabia which is a misnomer as it is essentially a “Sunni Muslim NATO Alliance” has finally emerged in May 2017 commanded by former Pak Army Chief, General Raheel Sharif.
- Read more about ‘Sunni Muslim NATO Alliance’ 2017 commanded by former Pak Army Chief reviewed
Examining the Strategy behind China’s OBOR
Paper No. 6252 Dated 04-May-2017
By Bhaskar Roy
On May 14, representatives of 110 countries would be gathered in Beijing in one of the biggest international summits, to listen and discuss China’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative. Around 28 national leaders from Russia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Turkey, and several from the West and Africa would be in attendance.
- Read more about Examining the Strategy behind China’s OBOR
Maldives: A Tyrant Next Door- How does one deal with it?
Paper No. 6251 Dated 04-May-2017
By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan
Maldives is too close to India both geographically and strategically and therefore developments in that country though small will have a great impact on India’s national security.
- Read more about Maldives: A Tyrant Next Door- How does one deal with it?
China’s Duplicity in Restraining North Korea’s Nuclear Adventurism
Paper No. 6250 Dated 01-May-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
The United States and the Trump Administration reflect great naivety when publicly asserting that a China duplicitous for decades on North Korea’s nuclear adventurism will now cooperate with the United States in checkmating North Korea.
- Read more about China’s Duplicity in Restraining North Korea’s Nuclear Adventurism
China: Signs of an Expansionist Nation
Paper No. 6249 Dated 25-Apr-2017
By Bhaskar Roy
Over the decades the People’s Republic of China has sold to the world the narrative that it is a self-contained power and has no ambition of coveting territories of other nations. This is far from the truth. China in the past had tried to expand colonialism over other countries like Vietnam and Indonesia. The only problem was they were unable to hold on to the territories that they tried to colonise.
- Read more about China: Signs of an Expansionist Nation
Afghanistan: Original Sins by United States & Prognostications 2017
Paper No. 6248 Dated 25-Apr-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
The United States original sins on Afghanistan and the after effects of which haunt the United States in 2017 is that in both its military interventions in Afghanistan and more so the recent one in 2001 still ongoing, it overly depended on an unreliable and double-timing Pakistan to deliver US strategic objectives.
- Read more about Afghanistan: Original Sins by United States & Prognostications 2017
Larger Conspiracy behind BNP’s bitter criticism of Sheikh Hasina’s India initiative
Paper No. 6247 Dated 24-Apr-2017
By Bhaskar Roy
Ahead of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sk. Hasina’s visit (April 7-9), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “Your dream of golden Bangla is our dream too”.
- Read more