South Asia
Role of Indian State Governments in Furthering India-UAE Ties?
In recent years, state governments have become key players in India’s ties with the rest of the world. The phenomenon of states/provinces and sub-state...
What Does EU’s Growing Engagement With India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan Mean for South Asia?
India and the EU are hosting the Global Gateway Conference in Meghalaya from June 1-2, 2023. The two-day event brings together Bhutan, Bangladesh, and...
Exploring the Role of TVET in Balochistan’s Youth Unemployment Crisis and Sustainable Development Goals
Technical and vocational training programs are considered pivotal in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Balochistan is becoming a predominantly youthful society with a high...
Assessing the Threat of Armed Rebellion in Pakistan: Implications for National Security and Stability
The ongoing phenomenon of armed rebellion against the state in Pakistan has emerged as a critical subject of apprehension for both the nation and...
Bhutan: Inconveniently Landlocked
Bhutan is a nation landlocked between two nuclear powers, China and India. In 1939, Mao Zedong for the first time made claims on Bhutanese...
Understanding Pashtunwali
As per the 2017 census, some 35 million Pakistanis, approximately 18 percent of the total population, are Pashtun. They are in the country`s civil...
The EU-India Trade Partnership: A Potential Gamechanger in Reducing Reliance on China
The European Union and India have finally joined forces to create the Trade and Technology Council. And it comes at a time when the...
Gwadar Port and CPEC: Transforming Baluchistan’s Economy for Future Generations
Baluchistan's Gwadar Port and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are playing increasingly important roles in the region's growth and change. The Gwadar Port in...
Why Have India and Russia Suspended to Settle Trade in Rupee?
Today’s world has been facing the war of the grand designers, or the elites, where the parties are acquisitively related to each other’s various...
Bangladesh’s Balancing of India and China
South Asian countries have over the years experienced conundrums and apprehensions over the implications of heightening competition between China and India in the region,...
Bangladesh-World Bank Partnership: A Robust and Resilient Alliance in Pursuit of Sustainable Development
“The journey was not always easy, but we have never lost courage. In the past 50 years, the World Bank remained a steadfast development...
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Middle East and Africa
China’s Growing Role in Revamping Middle Eastern Politics
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, "Let China sleep, for when...
Indo-Pacific
Bangladesh’s Pragmatic Foreign Policy: Viewing the Indo-Pacific Outlook in a Broader Context
On April 24, 2023, Bangladesh formally unveiled its ‘Indo-Pacific...
South Asia
Role of Indian State Governments in Furthering India-UAE Ties?
In recent years, state governments have become key players...
Human Rights
The Irony of Becoming What You Once Hated
Resistance is a 2020 biographical drama film based on...