South Asia

Assessment of South Asian regional security, India–Pakistan relations, Afghanistan stability, regional diplomacy, and cross-border security challenges.

Imran loses Credibility with tweet: A Fumble with his first Bouncer of Peace Talks?

  Prime Minister Imran’s inappropriately worded tweet proved his diplomatic inadequacy, without realizing that he was destroying the bridge on which he may be expected to walk tomorrow. Unfortunately the Indian decision makers advised by their advisors/diplomats were too quick…

Maldives crisis – options for India: My opinion on WION News updated

Sharing my opinion published in WION News duly updated. An analysis about Indian options in WION News. http://www.wionews.com/india-news/opinion-maldives-crisis—options-for-india-163715 Democracy has prevailed in Maldives but the distance between the cup and the lip does not seem to be reducing, with President…

What makes Siyang River Violent and black: Has water, a global common undergone tampering?

River Yarlung Tsangpo when enters Siang district is commonly called as Siang River, which drains  to join other rivers to be called as Brahmaputra River. Its water had been abnormally muddy,  murky and black since last November.  It has turned…

China’s “Debt Trap” in Pakistan: The Risk of Diluting the FATF Ruling

Sharing an article of mine Published in Future Directions International on the subject. The URL is placed below. Under normal circumstances, a one billion dollar loan between two sovereign countries would have gone unnoticed by global the community, but…

Only Victorious Indian Army can save 93,000 Pakistani Army prisoners of war. A video worth a view.

In context of daily abrogation of ceasefire by Pakistani Army, and urge to push in terrorists into India, Pakistani Army often boasts of false sense of bravado. They well understand it and call India as existential threat to them, to…