There is nothing about India’s policy on Jammu and Kashmir that would encourage anyone living in PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan to hope that New Delhi may offer them better terms than Pakistan does. 3 years and 9 months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference to the ‘freedom struggle’ in Baluchistan from the rampart of the Red …
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The world has witnessed many defining moments since the end of the Second World War. Each of those moments constituted a complete break from the past and was indicative of the dawning of a new era. Today, we are living through yet another pivotal moment in the world. The COVID-19 outbreak has given rise to …
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The peace deal between the US and the Taliban was signed by US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a witness. A few days ago, the United States and the Taliban finally reached an understanding with regards to the future of …
If negotiations conclude as per the expectations of both the parties, it will not only be against India’s interests but will be a strategic setback to India’s regional aspirations. Finally, Donald Trump is visiting India as the President of the United States of America. India, particularly the Prime Minister’s Office, wanted the visit to happen …
चीनच्या अध्यक्षांच्या म्यानमार भेटीत झालेले करार आर्थिक महामार्गाशी संबंधित असले, तरी भारताच्या दृष्टीने या आव्हानात्मक बाबी आहेत. विशेषत: भारताच्या ‘लूक ईस्ट’ ते ‘ॲक्‍ट ईस्ट’ आणि ‘नेबरहूड फर्स्ट’ या महत्त्वाकांक्षी परराष्ट्र धोरणांचे फलित काय आहे, याचा लेखाजोखा मांडणे गरजेचे आहे. चीनचे अध्यक्ष शी जिनपिंग यांच्या दोन दिवसांच्या म्यानमार भेटीमुळे आग्नेय आशियातील आंतरराष्ट्रीय राजकारणात नवी गतिशीलता …
प्रस्तावित हस्तांतर कायद्याच्या विरोधात आंदोलन सुरू असलेल्या हाँगकाँगमध्ये जिल्हा समिती प्रशासनाच्या निवडणुकीला आंदोलक विरुद्ध प्रशासन यांच्यावरील सार्वमताचे स्वरूप आले होते. या निवडणुकीतील यशामुळे आंदोलकांना बळ मिळाल्याने चीनसमोर गंभीर पेचप्रसंग उभा आहे. हाँगकाँगमधील चीनविरोधी निदर्शक व चीनमधील कम्युनिस्ट सरकार यांच्यातील संघर्ष निर्णायक टप्प्यावर आला आहे. हाँगकाँगच्या जिल्हा समिती प्रशासनाच्या निवडणुकीत आंदोलक युवकांचा पाठिंबा असलेले उमेदवार मोठ्या …
Whether you accept it or not, Pakistan’s further involvement in Kashmir would turn this land into as bloody a battlefield as Afghanistan. Your covert call to Kashmiri youth to pick up guns against oppression is neither Gandhian nor in the interest of Kashmir. This is so fraudulent, Mr Prime Minister of Pakistan! In your UN …
Donald Trump’s no-deal with the Taliban has come as a surprise. Donald Trump’s u-turn against the imminent Taliban-US peace deal was unexpected, but perhaps should have been anticipated considering Trump’s apparent uncertainty in matters of foreign policy. However, the no-deal has come as a surprise. The Trump administration has audaciously pursued negotiations with the Taliban …
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Mandal and his colleagues produced one of the most groundbreaking reports with tremendous hard work, comprehensive methodology, and incisive social insights. It has been 40 years since the announcement of the formation of the 2nd Backward Class Commission by the then Prime Minister Moraraji Desai. When the 2nd Backward Class Commission (which is popularly known …
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हाँगकाँगच्या प्रशासनाने गुन्हेगार हस्तांतर विधेयक मागे घेतले असले, तरी तेथील आंदोलन निवळण्याची चिन्हे दिसत नाहीत. हे आंदोलन चिघळले, तर त्यातून नवनव्या मागण्या पुढे येऊ शकतात; जी चीनसाठी मोठीच डोकेदुखी ठरू शकते. हाँ गकाँगच्या जनतेने प्रचंड संख्येने रस्त्यावर उतरत केलेल्या भव्य निदर्शनांमुळे चीनच्या पोटात अनिश्‍चिततेच्या भीतीचा गोळा उठला आहे. हाँगकाँग प्रशासनाने आणलेल्या गुन्हेगार हस्तांतर विधेयकाच्या …
