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With New PM Shehbaz Sharif Sworn in, a Look at what Lies Ahead for Pakistan
Read more: With New PM Shehbaz Sharif Sworn in, a Look at what Lies Ahead for PakistanNew Pakistan PM, Shehbaz Sharif’s key priorities will be addressing the country’s economic challenges, keeping a disparate coalition of right-wing and left-leaning parties together and a foreign policy less hostile to the west. While with India, people-to-people ties could get a boost and there is scope for resumption of bilateral trade via the Wagah-Attari land…
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Pakistan’s Increasingly Strained Relations with the West
Read more: Pakistan’s Increasingly Strained Relations with the WestPakistan’s ties with the US have witnessed a downward slope as a result of its increasing proximity to China in recent years. Pakistan PM, Imran Khan’s decision to visit the US amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis, and its decision to not support a US-sponsored resolution against Russia for its aggression vis-à-vis Ukraine have led to a…
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Growing GCC-China ties: The Economic and Geopolitical Dimensions
Read more: Growing GCC-China ties: The Economic and Geopolitical DimensionsThe five day visit of senior officials from four Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to China is important for a number of reasons.
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Can the Re-opening of the Kartarpur Corridor Lead to Resumption of India-Pakistan Bilateral Trade?
Read more: Can the Re-opening of the Kartarpur Corridor Lead to Resumption of India-Pakistan Bilateral Trade?While it is always important to have realistic expectations in the context of India-Pakistan relations, it is important not to be excessively pessimistic. The Kartarpur corridor has been dubbed as a corridor of peace, potential and prosperity and its reopening is an important step which could open up many vistas.
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The Changing Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific
Read more: The Changing Geopolitics of the Indo-PacificThis article looks at the Indo-Pacific with a critical lens. It seeks to answer why the Indo-Pacific is a region of great importance in the arena of international affairs today, and examines the nature of recent military developments with a tangential focus on the changing role of the state actors in the economic and strategic…
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USA’S ENTRY-EXIT-ENTRY MOVE IN THE PARIS AGREEMENT
Read more: USA’S ENTRY-EXIT-ENTRY MOVE IN THE PARIS AGREEMENTThis article looks through the journey of the United States of America in the action against climate change. It talks about how the change in the Presidential office over the past few years have affected the position of the USA in terms of their leadership in climate neutrality, as well as their stand in the…
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Economics of Uncertainty: Hong Kong’s National Security Law
Read more: Economics of Uncertainty: Hong Kong’s National Security LawChina’s “one country, two systems” principle that marks its relationship with Hong Kong, recently took a hit and now appears to have merged into “one system”, as China passed the national security law last Tuesday, on the anniversary that marks the British handing over Hong Kong to China. While that principle had allowed the citizens…
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CHINA’S GAME OF SHATRANJ
Read more: CHINA’S GAME OF SHATRANJForeign Direct Investment or FDI is a symbiotic relationship between foreign investors and local corporations. Most startups are not capital intensive and hence foreign investors fuel their growth in the competitive markets. The investors buy a dominant proportion of stocks in these corporations and expand their market by quickly acquiring upcoming strategies, equipment, technology, capital,…
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The Role of the United Nations in Preventive Diplomacy
Read more: The Role of the United Nations in Preventive DiplomacyThe three pillars namely, Peace and Security, Development and Human Rights guide the United Nation’s role in preventive diplomacy. They work in conjunction with each other although distinct but mutually associative. This aspect of preventive diplomacy has been actively involved in preventing major conflicts in the world and is a process, which remains under-publicised. Media’s…
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Why India Pulled Out Of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Read more: Why India Pulled Out Of the Regional Comprehensive Economic PartnershipThe RCEP is the world’s largest trade agreement, and India is no longer going to be a part of it. The article discusses what the RCEP is, what India stood to gain, and why the BJP ultimately gave in to internal pressures to let go of another chance to liberalise trade in India.
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Shift in Energy Politics in the Middle East
Read more: Shift in Energy Politics in the Middle EastIn this article, the author discusses how the energy politics in the Middle East has shifted from energy to Geo-strategic importance.
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China’s One Belt One Road could be the Marshall Plan of the 21st century
Read more: China’s One Belt One Road could be the Marshall Plan of the 21st centuryWith the global economy in a constant decline coupled with the gradual decline of the United States, and China constantly vying to replace it as the global hegemon, the answer lies in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The author seeks to illustrate how the OBOR is going to be the Marshall Plan of the 21st…