However the war ends, there would be no winners. Ukraine would end up a broken state indebted to Western countries, while Russia’s military reputation
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Saudi Arabia, under the youthful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, stripped off the powers of the religious police in 2016, but the Islamic Republic h
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If the US keeps true to its commitments to Africa, China will have tough time to attain its security goals. In case the American objective is limited
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By Prasad Nallapati After the US, it is now the Israel’s turn to get tossed around as Pakistan’s political parties blame each other of getting closer
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By Prasad Nallapati Pakistan polity has again been struck by Allah, Army and America. The new entrant into the vortex of cyclical changes is Shahbaz
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India is at the centre of the American and Russian strategies to thwart Chinese ambitions to dominate their respective spheres of influence, namely th
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Perhaps, Rawalpindi has come to the conclusion that it can no longer depend on the Saudis and hence it does not hurt to send a strong public message
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by Prasad Nallapati* Summary Afghanistan accounts for more than 80 percent of the world’s opium production. Last year, production of pure opium
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Summary The Middle East is fast changing and how the region looks like five or ten years down is difficult to predict. Terrorist groups like the Isl
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Killing of Soleimani and other leaders of Shia militia groups in Iraq is a serious setback to Iran in the short run but will not alter the Islamic Rep
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