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AUKUS Intensifies Pak-India Rivalry
AUKUS is the result of America and China globally locking horns in what many describe as “a New Cold War” The AUKUS trilateral maritime security pact…
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Afghanistan May Trigger a Competition Between Russia and China
The situation unfolding in Afghanistan post-Taliban takeover poses a serious security concern for the entire region as well as the world. The new reality could mean…
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Breaking the Pakistan-India Logjam
Taliban’s control of Afghanistan and improved relations with China has been a huge setback for both the US and India Relations between Pakistan and India have…
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Concerns of Proxy Wars
THE Afghan Taliban’s retaking of Kabul may be the climax of a 20-year-long war in Afghanistan but it is difficult to suggest that this will put…
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Neo Taliban
THE fall of the government and the Taliban’s ascendency in Kabul has pushed Afghanistan towards another transition. Several questions arise. For one, are the new Taliban…
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“Medamulana Dynasty”: Four Sons and Three Grandsons of Don Alvin Rajapaksa
Unlike many of his descendants D.A. Rajapaksa had no burning ambition for ministerial posts or enormous greed for political power. DA Rajapaksa was of that rare…
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Return of the Taliban
THE events of mid-August stunned the world; even the Afghan Taliban were surprised at the ease and speed with which they overwhelmed the entire country. Salute…
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Afghanistan Faces A Grim Economic Future After Taliban Takeover
Sanctions always negatively impact the poorest segment of a population. Photo: AFP The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan—that is yesterday's news. That thousands of distressed Afghans…
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Afghanistan: What Next?
IN the last few weeks there have been several articles in the media worldwide on how the present state of affairs was arrived at in Afghanistan.…
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Afghanistan Under the Taliban: What Should We Expect?
Afghanistan is now under the reins of the Taliban. No, they have not come to power through the ballot box, rather they have accomplished it by…
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What Happens to India’s ‘Plurilateralism’ after Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan
In his recent book titled The Indian Way (Harper Collins, 2020), Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, wrote: “It is time for us to engage America, manage China,…
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What the Taliban May be Getting Wrong About Islamic Governance
There is no single and absolute reading of Islamic law that can guide an Islamic state. It is all open to debate. The Taliban has been…