Australia is considering an offer of joint naval patrols with Indonesia in the South China Sea. With the balance of power shifting in the region, Beijing will not be pleased. The...
Year: 2016
Australia Mulls Joint Naval Patrols with Indonesia, To Beijing’s Chagrin
Australia is considering an offer of joint naval patrols with Indonesia in the South China Sea. With the balance of power shifting in the region, Beijing will not be pleased. The...
Upset at Being Sidelined In Talks, Pakistan Warns Taliban
Two senior Taliban figures said that Pakistan issued a stark warning to the militant group, apparently surprised and angered over being excluded from the insurgents' secret talks...
Afghanistan’s Ailing Infrastructure is Precipitating a Water Crisis
Decades of conflict have left Afghanistan’s water infrastructure in a mess and as refugees return to the country, the prospect of water-related conflicts rises. Hundreds of...
Afghanistan’s Age of Transformation
The Afghanistan of today would surprise most outsiders, even those who closely follow developments in the country. We are often wrongly branded as a failing state with a...
Afghan Exodus: Can the Afghan government deal with more returnees from Europe?
In the first nine months of this year, over 5,000 Afghans voluntary returned to Afghanistan from Europe. The recent signing of an agreement between Afghanistan and the European...
Afghanistan Failures Rising, Progress Eroding 15 Years After U.S. Intervention
Opium production is up 43 percent in Afghanistan, the economy is struggling and the government has lost ground to insurgents over the last year, according to an inspector...
Afghan Forces Suffered 15,000 Casualties In First 8 Months Of 2016
Afghanistan’s security forces battling the resurgent Taliban have suffered around 15,000 casualties, including 5,523 fatalities in the first eight months of 2016, says a U.S....
Analysing The Trade Relationship Between Pakistan and India
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) consists of eight South Asian nations, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and...
CPEC Security Worries China
Misgivings about Pakistan’s ability to provide adequate security to Chinese workers employed in China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects are still weighing heavily on...
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