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5 August 2019 Was A Defining Moment In Indo-Sino Relations

August 5, 2020 Opinion

Most observers at the time regarded India's de-facto annexation of Jammu & Kashmir on 5 August 2019 as being a defining moment for either India's internal affairs or Indian-Pakistani relations, bu…

China’s BRI Makes Entry in Post-Covid-19 Era

July 24, 2020 Opinion

With the rebound of the Chinese economy, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is on the march again. An Associated Press report from Beijing last Thursday said China is the first major economy to …

Withdrawing American Troops from Afghanistan – a New Challenge for the CSTO

July 19, 2020 Opinion

For many years now, there has been talk of pulling American troops out of Afghanistan, where a civil war has been raging for 40 years and substantial amounts of territory are under the control of terr…

India Dumped Iran Way Earlier Than The Reverse, But All’s Well That Ends Well

July 15, 2020 Opinion

These easily discernible strategic chain reactions were regrettably missed by many experts owing either to unfamiliarity with the guiding motivations of each related party and/or pressure to comply wi…

What Is the United States Plotting in Kashmir and Balochistan? The Destabilization of Pakistan?

July 3, 2020 Opinion

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (OCS), founded in 2001 by the Shanghai Five (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) and to which Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan were later added would…

The Truth About Russian-Taliban Ties Is as Intriguing as the Fake News About Them

July 1, 2020 Opinion

Russia doesn't exploit the Taliban as a proxy for killing Americans, but seeks to nurture equally close relations with it along the lines of the ones that it presently enjoys with Pakistan. Moscow see…

Is Kashmir a US Trap to Confront Russia and China?

June 24, 2020 Opinion

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), founded in 2001 by the Shanghai Five (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) and to which Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan were later added would…

India Is Doing America’s Bidding Against China

June 18, 2020 Opinion

Andrew Korybko gave an interview to Indian journalist Parth Satam last weekend about India's relations with China, the US, and Russia, just days before Monday night's deadly clash between Indian and C…