Very little has been written about the ancient coastal people of Lyari – the irrepressible Makranis – who take their name from the Makran coast of Sindh and, Balochistan, which also indicates a common history of the two provinces; the Makran coast constitutes the South-East of Iran and the South-West of Pakistan; a 1,000 km […]
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Will the Past of Europe Be the Future of Asia?
The India–Pakistan rivalry continues to cast a shadow over South Asia
Who is Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh’s successor as Hamas political bureau chief
Hamas on Tuesday appointed Yahya Sinwar as the leader of its political wing following the assassination of its former political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. In a statement, the Gaza-based resistance movement said that after “extensive and comprehensive consultations and deliberations,” it was decided that Sinwar would succeed Haniyeh as the political bureau leader of […]
Book review: The Pakistan paradox instability and resilience by Christophe Jaffrelot
Christophe Jaffrelot holds the Avantha Chair in Indian Politics and Sociology at the King’s India Institute. He holds the position of Overseas Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in addition to teaching politics and history of South Asia at Sciences Po in Paris. He is the senior editor of the Hurst book series […]
US-China competition in the evolution of Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region includes major players such as Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia, and the US, which counter China’s influence in the South China Sea. The Asia-Pacific has a large market in terms of production and sales, major economies, technological advancements, and is crucial in terms of cybersecurity and AI. It is also a crucial […]
Houthis attack on Red Sea: Repercussions for global trade
Following escalating attack by Houthis on commercial ships in the Red Sea, global trade concerns have surged. Houthis are carrying out indiscriminate attacks in Red Sea in response to Israel’s cruel and inhumane action in Gaza. Given the centrality of maritime commerce to the global economic framework, any disruption to these vital sea lanes carries […]
Why all eyes on Rafah?
Why all eyes on Rafah? The level of barbarity the world witnessed in Rafah from the recent airstrikes by Israel has generated a psychological shockwave among humanity. Such horrific incidents have already happened in history during Adolf Hitler’s era, and those incidents, which happened in the absence of modern technology, are still mourned, condemned, and […]
The false pursuit of India’s nuclear ambitions
“Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror is still terror,” said American Scientist & Nobel Laureate George Wald. The exceptional odyssey lies within the nuclear weapons can be better explained in the nuclear history of South Asian State, India. Under the disguise of U.S. President Eisenhower’s “Atoms […]