No Comments Two years after its hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, renewing the CISMOA agreement shows that the United States is still interested in the region contrary to what many geopolitical experts believed. The approval of the Pakistan cabinet to renew CISMOA shows that the US and Pakistan are on the path to redeveloping their relationship and chances […]
No Comments India should cautiously move forward with the Taliban, known to be inherently ‘anti-India’, which has shown no signs of improvement that it had guaranteed upon the takeover. The Taliban regime has consistently reiterated the need to resume bilateral relations between the two countries to recommence the halted infrastructural projects, visas to students, health care, etc. The […]
No Comments Recently, the Taliban imposed a ban on women’s education in Afghanistan. Taliban-run higher education ministry in Afghanistan last week decreed that female students would not be allowed in the country’s universities with immediate effect. As per Afghanistan media, a letter released by the higher education ministry on Tuesday instructed Afghan public and private universities to […]
No Comments Taliban-run higher education ministry in Afghanistan has decreed that female students would not be allowed in the country’s universities with immediate effect. The order will be in vogue until further notice, say local reports. As per Afghanistan media, a letter released by the higher education ministry on Tuesday instructed Afghan public and private universities to […]
No Comments “Today from the ramparts of Red Fort, I want to greet and express my thanks to some people. In the last few days, people of Balochistan, Gilgit, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have thanked me, have expressed gratitude, and expressed good wishes for me.” When the Indian Prime Minister acknowledged the people of Balochistan from the ramparts of […]
No Comments Even before the fall of Kabul to Taliban last year, India was covertly engaging with several factions of Taliban in order to safeguard its critical assets in Afghanistan. Taliban sees India as a major ally in achieving its intended objectives, as India has had historical, social and cultural ties with Afghanistan dating back to millennia. […]
1 Comment Afghanistan is often called the ‘graveyard of empires’ but in reality, it is simply a graveyard where empires go to wage their wars. It is land that has been invaded first by the Persians, Greeks, and then the Arabs who brought Islam after a long struggle against the Hindus and Buddhists who lived there, and later […]
No Comments A new report from the United Nations Security Council says that foreign terrorist organisations continue to enjoy safe haven under the new Taliban regime. The report adds that these terrorist groups are in consolidation mode and not likely to launch major attacks outside Afghanistan before 2023. This may be due to financial constraints and political […]
No Comments Introduction The current events in Ukraine have again posed the question of safety of the large Indian diaspora living abroad. However, this is also a case study here about the Indian government’s success in rescuing its citizens in distress. How did India transform itself from a non-aligned balancing power into a nation that is assertive […]
1 Comment In international relations, three cognitive psychological concepts are used to understand and decode the behavioral aspects of political leadership across the world: Confirmation Bias, Fundamental attribution error and Prospect theory. Critical thinking and decision making approach applied to political psychology allows us to carefully deconstruct a situation, reveal its hidden issues such as bias and […]
