Afghan Peace Process The long read: What next for the US–Taliban ‘peace deal’? April 8, 2020 0 Image credit: Afghanistan by i postcross/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Raghav Sharma. My darling, you are just like America! You are guilty, I…
CPEC Karachi Attack Demands a Review of Pakistan’s Security Measures November 26, 2018 0 Zoha Waseem On 23rd November three armed militants walked into Karachi’s affluent neighbourhood, Clifton. Their target was the Chinese consulate that is protected by barricades,…
Bangladesh How Islamists are trying to exploit the 2018 Bangladesh protests August 23, 2018 0 Written by Asheque Haque Bangladesh just observed a large, multiple-day student protest, mainly in its capital city of Dhaka. The protests began after two school…
Marawi Crisis Will there be sustainable peace in Marawi in 2018? January 4, 2018 0 Written by Pauleen Gorospe. It came as no surprise when, on 13 December, the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives voted favourably for the extension…
ASEAN ASEAN’s Role in Conflict Management: Active and Effective? November 14, 2017 0 Written by Naureen Nazar Soomro. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), regarded as a successful regional organisation in managing regional peace and stability, has been…
Marawi Crisis The Battle for Marawi: Three Months On September 7, 2017 3 Written by Joseph Franco. The Battle for Marawi has dragged on for three months, with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) providing vague estimates…
Asia India’s Foreign Policy in West Asia August 31, 2017 0 Written by Kabir Taneja. Little do most Indian citizens realise that West Asia (or the Middle East) has historically been one of the foremost foreign policy…
Foreign Policy India and Pakistan: Three Tumultuous Years August 30, 2017 0 Written by Kriti Shah. Soon after his election as India’s Prime Minister in May 2014, right-wing leader Narendra Modi surprised pessimistic observers who had cast a…
Marawi Crisis Marawi: The Furthest Battlefield of Islamic State August 2, 2017 0 Written by Rohan Gunaratna. In Islamic State’s (IS) global ambition to expand beyond its heartland of Iraq and Syria, the most notable achievement during Ramadan…
Afghanistan India: An Overestimated Rising Power? July 3, 2017 0 Written by Susan Dass. India’s foray into foreign aid is fuelled by a perception of itself as a “rising power”. A combination of economic development,…