Chabahar Port: The New Kingmaker for Indian Ocean Trade
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has been in the news off late, post the announcement of Nuclear Deal with Washington DC, resulting...
Tibet – Self-Immolations and Aftermath
With the most recent self-immolation on March 24, 2013, there have been 111 Tibetans confirmed to have self-immolated in different Tibetan areas since February...
Tibet’s water and regional security
Tibet is strategically important to China due to its centrality in Asia’s hydrological cycle. Tibet is known as the ‘Third Pole,’ for having the...
The View into “West Turkestan”
When thinking of China’s peripheral states, Westerners often tend to think last about the countries of the former Soviet Union that lie to the...
“India & China” – So Similar yet so different
India and China are two vast economic systems, both containing a number of distinct economic sub-systems and disparate regions, as a result of the...
Sino-Pak Axis: Pakistan’s Glory or Graveyard
Pakistan has long flashed China’s friendship and support via CPEC and military acquisitions as a geostrategic card that it is willing to play in...
China – A Dominant Military Power of Asia
When one considers the nations with which China shares a common land frontier and mentally calculates the “comprehensive national power” of North Korea, Vietnam,...
Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) is pursuing a long-term, comprehensive military modernization program designed to improve the capacity of China’s armed forces to fight and...
North Korea: The Perilous Path to Denuclearization
After months of jingoistic rhetoric and back channel diplomacy, the historic summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un finally happened on 12th June...
Trade Wars: The Road To Ruin
Global Order has for centuries been dominated by trade which India and China dominated for nearly 1700 years; generating enormous wealth and treasures which...