Debunking China-Iran Comprehensive Agreement on April 16, 2021Recently, China and Iran formally signed a 25-Year comprehensive cooperation agreement to boost their partnership. The agreement holds great significance for both countries — since they are believed to be adversaries of the US. The agreement contains twenty articles and broadly covers political, economic, security, strategic, military, trade, telecommunication, energy, and cultural areas. Chinese President […]
The US ambivalent Afghan policy on March 27, 2021Presently, Afghanistan’s history is once again witnessing an uncertain and bleak situation due to the changing dynamics of the war-torn country. If one reminds the late 1980s when a superpower, the Soviet Union was preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan after a decade, future plans were underway. Now another superpower US is going to withdraw from […]
Analyzing the Indian Strategy in Afghanistan on March 23, 2021India since Nehru’s time has been trying to put itself on the path of a major player in the region on one hand and attain a global position on the other. Besides China, Pakistan is a state which challenges India in many ways that irk the former to a large extent. As a rising power, […]
Prospects of the Iran nuclear deal under Biden administration on January 11, 2021Iran nuclear program has been a key element of the United States’ Middle East policy. Being controversial for years, the Iran nuclear issue was resolved in July 2015 by inking a deal known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed between P5+1 (U.S., UK, China, France, Russia + Germany) and Iran. The deal provided […]
Palestine issue and Pompeo’s Israel Visit on May 16, 2020The seven-decade-long Palestine-Israel dispute started in 1948 when the Arab-Israel war divided the land into three parts: The West Bank, Gaza Strip, and the State of Israel. Every American administration in the White House has supported Israel but in December 2017, Trump crossed the threshold that his predecessors were refraining from: recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s […]
Afghanistan: two possible future scenarios on May 12, 2020The Afghan land is in trouble and war since President Sardar Daoud staged a bloodless coup against his cousin, King Zahir Shah, in 1973 during the latter’s visit to Italy. Daoud’s tilt towards the Soviets and his pro-communist policies resented the masses and political leadership provided for the struggle against his power. Although he was […]
President Ghani: between the devil and the blue deep sea on April 30, 2020Exactly five years before in April 2015, I wrote an article titled ‘Ghani, in quest of peace’ when President Ghani was really in search of peace with the Taliban to overcome the labyrinthine security situation in the country. He had offered the governorship of three southern provinces: Nimruz, Helmand, and Kandahar to the Taliban in […]
US-Taliban peace deal: what next? on March 2, 2020Finally, the US and Taliban has signed a peace deal after the 18 months long negotiations in the Qatari capital Doha. The US will start withdrawing its troops within the hundred days of the deal and will have to complete it within 14 months. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on the occasion of […]
The post-US withdrawal scenario on February 19, 2019The situation in Afghanistan after four decades of war and chaos and is likely to enter into a new phase after the United States’ (US) withdrawal and the peace deal between the US, Taliban, and the Afghan government. On various grounds, questions are arising about the future set-up in Afghanistan that it might plunge into […]
Politics on borderland on September 5, 2016The borderland between Pakistan and Afghanistan, due to its strategic importance, has been historically vital for all the powers that retained authority over there. Being a focal point of the great game, this area was utilised by the British to vie with Russia. Later, it jeopardised the relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan after the independence […]