Vinay Kaura

The conceptualisation and operationalisation of Pakistan’s counterterrorism policies have been inconsistent, contradictory and flawed. Pakistan’s foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz’s latest pronouncement has once again exposed Pakistan military’s lack of sincerity in its counter-terror priorities. Citing fears about blowback from terrorist organisations, Aziz reduced himself to be defending Pakistan’s lack of strong action against the […]

Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s China visit coincided with the completion of his first year in office. It was no Nixon moment in Indian diplomacy yet there was an element of brilliance in what Modi said in China. To be sure, his many utterances in China represented a timely, courageous and refreshing exercise in […]

Indo-China relations appear to be flourishing. To cement the bilateral relationship, Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi is visiting China. Recent years have seen a Sino-Indian diplomatic thaw. In a recent interview for Time magazine, Modi said that not a single bullet had been fired along the disputed border between India and China for over […]

Adapting a phrase immortalised by former US President John F Kennedy, Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani said during his recent visit to the US, “We do not now ask what the US can do for us; we want to say what Afghanistan will do for itself and for the world.” Kennedy had recognised that to stir […]