Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sun, 12/02/2018 - 15:29
Paper No. 6465 Dated 2-Dec-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Strategic denouement of the United States with Pakistan’s limited strategic utility to US interests was noticeable in end of last decade and has finally come to a head in end-2018 with emergence in Pakistan of PM Imran Khan carrying heavy baggage of Anti-Americanism and proclivity for enhanced relations with China-a country in confrontational mode with USA.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 11/24/2018 - 14:34
Paper No. 6464 . Dated 24-Nov-2018
By S.Chandrasekharan
On November 21, Suu Kyi made an important speech at the Advisory Forum on National Reconciliation Process at Nay Pyi Taw in which she frankly explained the challenges the Myanmar Government had faced in moving ahead with the Peace Process.
To me, it looked like a message not only to the domestic audience and various entities like the Army but also to the outside world when she touched upon the Rakhine Issue too.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 11/24/2018 - 12:13
Paper No. 6463 Dated 24-Nov-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
China in end-2018 seems set firmly on a collision trajectory with the United States which has got accentuated with Chinese President Xi Jinping with his oversized strategic ambitions having met more than his match in US President Trump imbued with his ‘America First’ national aim brooking no Chinese challenge to dilute US global predominance.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 15:27
Paper No. 6460 Dated 17-Nov-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
China’s invitation to Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to visit China in end-October 2018 may be significant in terms of China’s shift to reset relations with Japan due to prevailing geopolitical pressures but it certainly does not herald ‘game-changer’ long term perspective in established US-led security architecture in East Asia.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 11/10/2018 - 12:28
Paper No 6459 . Dated 10-Nov-2018
onBy Dr Subhash Kapila
Geopolitical compulsions seem to be bearing down heavily in steering Pakistan- China ‘All Weather Iron Brother Relations’ towards a massive shift in end-2018 whose first indicator has been the less than successful first visit of new Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to Beijing from November 02-05 2018.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/05/2018 - 16:35
Paper No. 6456 . Dated 4-Nov-2018
By S.Chandrasekharan
In what could be described as a positive step, Representatives of the Northern Alliance consisting of TNLA, AA and the MNDAA met the Myanmar Peace Mission on 1st November and reached an agreement to reduce clashes in Kachin and Northern Shan States. They also agreed to meet again in December to discuss the implementation of the agreement.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sun, 11/04/2018 - 12:50
Paper No 6455 Dated 4-Nov-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
China’s shadows hovered ominously over the Japan-India Summit 2018 even though not explicitly mentioned by name as Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and Indian PM Narendra Modi confabulated at Tokyo on October 29 2018 for their annual dialogue. This is borne out by the contents of the Joint Japan-India Vision Statement 2018 and the summations enshrined.
