Commitment to CPEC on August 9, 2017WITH the dismissal of the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 28 July by the Supreme Court, eye brows were raised about the US$ 62 billion fate-changing project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The Indian media took advantage of this situation and ran up bogus and delusory stories about CPEC creating a vacuum that whether […]
The CICA Beijing moot on July 12, 2017THE dimes of the Soviet Union in 1991 created two important regional security architectures: one was the China-led Shanghai Five that later converted into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the other was the Kazak-led Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The primary purpose of both these regional organizations was to create […]
US “strategic patience” on North Korea on April 20, 2017The Korean Peninsula is getting tense as the clouds of uncertainty gather. The United States is coming with a tit-for-tat response to tackle the provocations. The strategic options for China are decreasing, and the USS is in the process of consultation with its East Asian allies. In a recent development, North Korea launched an unsuccessful […]
The Trump-Abe parlays on February 23, 2017Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with US President Donald Trump in Washington and Florida on 10-11 February. This is the second meeting between them within a short span of time. Earlier, Abe met with him after the polls in November. The present meeting turned out to be the first official meeting between the two […]
How to revive Pakistan-Japan relations on February 10, 2017Pakistan and Japan have been facing a sorry tale of affairs lately. Their relations are no longer strong compared to the Indo-Japanese growing ties at the moment. Diplomats at both ends are puzzled as for how to revive the past ties between the two nations. They are now interested in the relationship and often argue […]
Terrorism in the West on February 6, 2017A wave of new sort of terrorism has just been sweeping across America and Canada. Within a week, mosques in Texas in America and in the Cubic city in Canada were attacked. The former mosque was put in ablaze by the “unknown” haters of Islam on 28 January — the only mosque in the Gulf […]
The Scrapping of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on January 27, 2017The first executive order undertaken by the newly sworn US President Donald Trump was to scrapeout the long-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on 23 January. For many countries, his action was not sudden and uncommon,whichwas anticipated during the election campaign. Yet, many countries were not prepared to absorb the “Trump’s shock”. The pact was negotiated among […]
Sharing the cost of the US-Japan alliance on January 19, 2017Okinawa has remained as a thorny issue between Japan and the United States ever since the end of World War II when the Island was given under American trusteeship and after when the Island was reverted to Japan in 1972. The question of US Marines on Okinawa is not settled yet. Now all eyes are […]
How to defuse comfort women feud on January 12, 2017Relations have never remained tranquil between Japan and South Korea. They have deep-rooted historical differences. Japan was an imperial power colonizing Korea during 1910-1945. Battle continues between the two countries even today. Harsh diplomatic words were exchanged. Japan has its own logic. South Korea has its own way of protest according to Korean social norms. […]
CPEC: an olive branch to India on January 8, 2017On 12 December, The Times of India published an interview of the Hurriyat leader from the Indian-Held Kashmir, Mirwaiz Farooq, who said that Kashmir could a gateway to India joining the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). He highly appreciated the CPEC and said that “in terms of larger economic activity, everybody wants to be part of […]