Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 02/21/2017 - 05:21
Paper No. 6225 Dated 20-Feb-2017
By Bhaskar Roy
India and China will hold a new round of strategic dialogue in Beijing on February 22. The meeting will be co-chaired by Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui. The format was put in place when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India in August last year.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 07:05
Paper No. 6222 Dated 14-Feb-2017
By Bhaskar Roy
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 02/08/2017 - 05:50
Paper No. 6220 Dated 08-Feb-2017
Guest Column by Alexander Murray
On 4 February, the UN Security Council (UNSC) agreed to remove Hezb-e-Islami-e-Gulbuddin (HIG) power-broker and former Afghan Prime Minister, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, from its international sanctions list. Having negotiated a truce with HIG and settled on the peaceful terms of Hekmatyar’s reintegration into Afghan civil society, the government of President Ashraf Ghani is sure to welcome the news.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 12/20/2016 - 10:59
Paper No. 6206 Dated 20-Dec-2016
By Bhaskar Roy
Depression can be treated. But self-inflicted deception which hurts neighbours can be controlled to an extent if the patient is locked up in a padded cell. This self-deception is like a jigsaw puzzle with a few pieces missing, frustrating everyone including even Pakistan itself.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 12/05/2016 - 05:40
Paper No. 6202 Dated 05-Dec-2016
By Dr Subhash Kapila
The ‘Heart of Asia’ which Afghanistan really is, continues to be brutally bled by Pakistan’s bloody terrorism strategies, which five ‘Heart of Asia’ Summits so far have been unable to restrain.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 11/22/2016 - 05:33
Paper No. 6198 Dated 22-Nov-2016
By Bhaskar Roy
Despite pundits and punters, Donald J. Trump defeated his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton to the American Presidency on Electoral College votes. He is set to be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America on 20th January 2016. If the election for the President and Vice President was through direct votes Clinton would have won. Leave these aside.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 11/01/2016 - 09:26
Paper No. 6190 Dated 01-Nov-2016
By Bhaskar Roy
Indian and Chinese National Security Advisors (NSAs) Ajit Doval and State Councillor Yang Jiechi are scheduled to meet in Hyderabad, India in the first week of November to review bilateral relations and regional developments. Hugging and selfie diplomacy is over. It is back to the brass tracks. Core interests are to the fore.
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